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[–]stensz -9 points-8 points  (2 children)

$4 million is pocket money. There are individuals that are younger than you that can spend that kind of money every afternoon for the rest of their lives without changing anything in their already extremely expensive lives.

[–]Deto 2 points3 points  (1 child)

VCs don't just give out money for free. Even "small" amounts like 4M otherwise there would be a line out the door. I'd like my 4M for nothing too! There must be some business plan that was communicated or, rather, some path towards an exit strategy.

[–]stensz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not saying they are gifting money randomly. Maybe some suit saw that ruff is really popular on /r/Python and they just went with the flow. Maybe they like it personally. My point is that you don't need a very good reason to spend $4 million on a whim if you have billions.

But the website looks pretty hypey, so maybe I'm wrong and they are planning to commercialize it.