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Tailscale has raised $160M

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655 points louis-paul | 2 comments | 08 Apr 25 10:36 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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elAhmo ◴[08 Apr 25 14:09 UTC] No.43621983[source]▶
When I saw the new round, I was instantly worried about change in direction that will most likely come with this, and effectively drive away regular users from a tool that seems universally loved.

Similar sentiment can be seen in the discussion from three years ago [1] when they raised $100M.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31259950

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ilrwbwrkhv ◴[08 Apr 25 18:31 UTC] No.43625024[source]▶
This is mostly so that the founders can take some money off the table. The founders probably have $10 million cash after this and don't have to worry about rent ever again.
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tptacek ◴[08 Apr 25 18:33 UTC] No.43625043[source]▶
The founders of Tailscale probably weren't too worried about rent before Tailscale.
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1. ilrwbwrkhv ◴[08 Apr 25 20:38 UTC] No.43626206[source]▶
Why? Did they have a previous exit?
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2. vvillena ◴[08 Apr 25 21:45 UTC] No.43626774[source]▶
IIRC they were senior engineers from Google.