That aside, it's also a VC-backed startup. I've been burned enough times by "we promise we're going to be the good kind of corporate!" types to ask upfront now

That aside, it's also a VC-backed startup. I've been burned enough times by "we promise we're going to be the good kind of corporate!" types to ask upfront now if a big chunk of someone else's money is funding something that doesn't charge their users anything.