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Billionaires also tend to have a vested interest in the tech being hyped and adopted, after all one doesn't become a billionaire without investments.
by i_love_retros 9mo ago
Billionaires also tend to have a vested interest in the tech being hyped and adopted, after all one doesn't become a billionaire without investments.
- jjice 9mo agoDefine investment in this case. He's the cofounder of HashiCorp. I guess you could refer to his equity as an investment here, but I don't really think it tracks the same in this context. He may have a vested interest, but he did cofound HashiCorp as an engineer that actually developed the products, so I find his insight at least somewhat valuable.
- i_love_retros 9mo agoWell did he become a billionaire from hashicorp alone or did he invest e.g. millions in stocks (like perhaps ai stocks) to become a billionaire
- pengaru 9mo agoffs https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/27/ibm-closes-6-4b-hashicorp-acquisition/ https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/27/ibm-closes-6-4b-hashicorp-...
- eikenberry 9mo agoHe no longer has equity. Hashicorp was purchased by IBM in a cash deal.