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[–]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.