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Wow, shutting down a startup with a deadline being in less than a month that it was acquired without warning, that is a whole new reason to not trust startups a

• whalesalad 2y ago
  money talks
• rfoo 2y ago
  Not without occasional problems. It shows how much original team cares about the product though. Feels like if running Keybase was already financially viable at that time they won't join Zoom.
  • toomuchtodo 2y ago
    For the right amount of money, anyone is willing to walk away from an enterprise, profitable or not. There are outliers, but they are rare. We all have a price that is enough.
    • ethbr1 2y ago
      +1 See MailChimp "We'll never sell! Corporate culture, etc etc." to "We're excited to be joining the innovative Intuit family." Granted, it took them decades, but there is always a number someone won't say "No" to.
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  • visarga 2y ago
    > It shows how much original team cares about the product though. I remember during the Sam firing saga 90% of OpenAI employees signed a letter declaring they are considering moving to Microsoft with their current compensation package. It shows how much the "open" part matters for the team. Risking AGI being concentrated in the hands of a large company? No problem. And they have the guts to lobby government to restrict open models.
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• samtheprogram 2y ago
  There isn’t a lot of switching cost for something like Multi. In most cases a month seems extremely short and would grind my gears too, but it’s not like you’ll need to move anything off of Multi.