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When DigitalOcean got it's a16z money: https://x.com/Vultr/status/489139385154420736 https://x.com/Vultr/status/489139385154420736

by neom 2y ago

coolgoose 2y ago
That aged well :P
- boringg 2y ago
  Great socials strategy.
t3rabytes 2y ago
Right up there with New Relic writing a blog post about how you couldn't trust Sumo Logic (and should move to NR) after they got bought by Francisco Partners, only to be bought by Francisco Partners themselves.
infecto 2y ago
Assuming they did this raise because they need the capital to throw more into their GPU business, this is not really a remarkable quote. One of the first things noted in the article is this is soon to be the largest part of their business. This is their first capital injection too. While its fueled by the growth in AI, the business itself is mundane, they rent GPU access. Growing that requires a lot of capital.
moralestapia 2y ago
You held this grudge for 10 years, lmao. Joke aside, 300M for 10% of your company in its only ever funding round is a pretty sweet deal. It made its founder a billionaire "overnight". He stands at a company with about the same market cap as DO, but private, with full control and very low dilution. I would consider that a win.
- neom 2y ago
  ngl I def feel a bit smug getting to pull that one out... but they used to tweet and delete mean shit at me all the time, heh. I feel like Joyent has more reason to hate me than Vultr, I never bothered Vultr!!!! :) Yeah, jokes aside I think David Aninowsky is a super smart guy, I actually quite like him. Funnily enough, I'd even emailed them a couple years ago to pitch them letting me build this VERY idea for them, never heard back. :)
  - Sebguer 2y ago
    they got really mad about our desks
- philsnow 2y ago
  > You held this grudge for 10 years, lmao. ~18 years ago I owned a Belkin router that would hijack on the order of 1/10000th of plain http requests and send them to a belkin.com domain to try to get people to buy more Belkin products. I have not bought another Belkin product since.
  - Leonid99 2y ago
    Huh. https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/web-hijack-riles-belkin-router-users/ https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/web-hijack-riles-belkin-rou...

When DigitalOcean got it's a16z money: https://x.com/Vultr/status/489139385154420736 https://x.com/Vultr/status/489139385154420736

by neom 2y ago

When DigitalOcean got it's a16z money: https://x.com/Vultr/status/489139385154420736 https://x.com/Vultr/status/489139385154420736

coolgoose 2y ago

That aged well :P

boringg 2y ago
Great socials strategy.

t3rabytes 2y ago

Right up there with New Relic writing a blog post about how you couldn't trust Sumo Logic (and should move to NR) after they got bought by Francisco Partners, only to be bought by Francisco Partners themselves.

infecto 2y ago

Assuming they did this raise because they need the capital to throw more into their GPU business, this is not really a remarkable quote. One of the first things noted in the article is this is soon to be the largest part of their business. This is their first capital injection too. While its fueled by the growth in AI, the business itself is mundane, they rent GPU access. Growing that requires a lot of capital.

moralestapia 2y ago

You held this grudge for 10 years, lmao. Joke aside, 300M for 10% of your company in its only ever funding round is a pretty sweet deal. It made its founder a billionaire "overnight". He stands at a company with about the same market cap as DO, but private, with full control and very low dilution. I would consider that a win.

neom 2y ago
ngl I def feel a bit smug getting to pull that one out... but they used to tweet and delete mean shit at me all the time, heh. I feel like Joyent has more reason to hate me than Vultr, I never bothered Vultr!!!! :) Yeah, jokes aside I think David Aninowsky is a super smart guy, I actually quite like him. Funnily enough, I'd even emailed them a couple years ago to pitch them letting me build this VERY idea for them, never heard back. :)
- Sebguer 2y ago
  they got really mad about our desks
philsnow 2y ago
> You held this grudge for 10 years, lmao. ~18 years ago I owned a Belkin router that would hijack on the order of 1/10000th of plain http requests and send them to a belkin.com domain to try to get people to buy more Belkin products. I have not bought another Belkin product since.
- Leonid99 2y ago
  Huh. https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/web-hijack-riles-belkin-router-users/ https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/web-hijack-riles-belkin-rou...