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Tailscale raises $100M

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854 points gmemstr | 9 comments | 04 May 22 13:17 UTC | HN request time: 0.928s | source | bottom
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chimen ◴[04 May 22 15:34 UTC] No.31261944[source]▶
Funding scares me. It bring sharks onboard who do not share the same vision. They will demand revenue and ROI above all else. I like Tailscale but I hate this business model down to the core (Netlify as an example). Tailscale was doing fine as it was, capable people there already. It quickly became an "exit type of business", too quickly.

These companies usually bring something really easy to use, let people onboard and modify their network/DNS/etc to hell until they get vendor stuck and then they squeeze every possible dollar out of their pockets. Once you're in, after days or weeks of fine tuning, after you managed to pollute your codebase with their configs and IP addresses, it's hard to get out.

I suspect those "free slots" will change soon ,but we won't see those types of graphs anywhere soon and be prepared to get charged for bandwidth and everything else possible.

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1. josephruscio ◴[04 May 22 16:52 UTC] No.31262958[source]▶
Tailscale investor here. I can assure you we share the same vision with the founders.
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2. ncmncm ◴[04 May 22 17:03 UTC] No.31263103[source]▶
You cannot do that. You might personally share a vision with somebody identifiable. But the vision you say you share is anyway not implemented.

Make the service usable without depending on some internet behemoth who might yank my authentication credentials anytime without notice, and we can talk.

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3. josephruscio ◴[04 May 22 17:08 UTC] No.31263164[source]▶
vision: (noun) the ability to think about or plan the future with imagination or wisdom. (verb) imagine
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4. ayewo ◴[04 May 22 17:18 UTC] No.31263309[source]▶
> Tailscale investor here. I can assure you we share the same vision.

Outside of say, Garry Tan and Leo Polovets, who could be considered regulars, it’s rare that an investor shows up in the HN comments. Hi!

Your comment is reassuring, but the reality is that other investors will look at their portfolio companies, review the competitive landscape, then decide that they no longer share the vision, in the not too distant future.

5. ncmncm ◴[04 May 22 18:14 UTC] No.31263926{3}[source]▶
Vision is one thing, shared vision entirely another.
6. lupire ◴[04 May 22 19:24 UTC] No.31264729[source]▶
I have no reason to mistrust your vision or current intent, but I also have no reason to believe that you are stronger than the weight of $100M dollars.
7. anderspitman ◴[04 May 22 20:19 UTC] No.31265322[source]▶
The problem is that vision has a pretty poor track record when going head-to-head with incentives.
8. archon810 ◴[04 May 22 22:11 UTC] No.31266524[source]▶
For those curious: https://www.linkedin.com/in/josephruscio.

Seed investor in Tailscale since 2019.

9. euroderf ◴[05 May 22 05:15 UTC] No.31269777[source]▶
My use case is like many others' here: accessing a remote Raspberry Pi. Please do not start charging for this kind of simple setup ! If you want to charge for IoT-type stuff, add a new layer of added value on top of the current wonderful free service.