muzz
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Comment · 2 months ago
Also assumes he didn't sell shares previously, like if there was a tender offer when the valuation was $20B in 2015
Comment · 2 months ago
Theoretically possible I guess, although looks more like employee 1 to 3
Palantir had 15+ rounds of funding including some whopper $440M and $880M rounds in the prior decade (2010s), so dilution must have been huge: https://tracxn.com/d/companies/palantir/__N9Uaw2GHjG5JVqvNtX...
Comment · 2 months ago
How does the equity math hold up on that?
At $430B market cap he would have to have 0.5 to 1%, after dilution. Do "first ten" employees get that much?
Comment · 1 year ago
But these seem to be two well-funded companies? I.e. both with $100M+ funding within the last 12 months
Comment · 1 year ago
pg on X (formerly Twitter):
"It's a very exciting time in tech right now. If you're a first-rate programmer, there are a huge number of other places you can go work rather than at the company building the infrastructure of the police state."
Comment · 1 year ago
How did the acquirer decide to pay a $2.85B for a company with only $200M in annual revenues? That's a whopping 14x.
Comment · 2 years ago
It's a designation on paper, essentially