Seriously? More on the Windsurf Clusterfuck

Oh joy. Another article dissecting how a bunch of venture capitalists and founders got rich off selling Windsurf to Google. Apparently, it wasn’t just a simple cash grab – there were *layers*, you see. Like an onion of greed. The whole thing hinged on a complicated “liquidation preference” structure that basically meant the VCs (Lightspeed, ICONIQ Growth) got paid first, and handsomely, before anyone else saw a goddamn dime. Founders got some, eventually, but only after the investors were fat and happy.

The article details how Google structured the deal to allow for these preferences, including a “de-risking” payment *before* the full acquisition even closed. So basically, Google paid extra money upfront just so these parasites could get their cut early. And of course, there were retention bonuses thrown around like confetti to keep the team from revolting (or, you know, actually building something useful). It’s all about maximizing returns for the already-rich, isn’t it? The whole thing reeks of self-dealing and a complete disregard for… well, everything except lining pockets.

They even had some weird “founder pool” shenanigans to try and make it look less awful. Don’t fall for it. It’s still bullshit. The article also points out that the founders *did* get a decent return, but let’s be real – they were probably already swimming in cash thanks to earlier funding rounds. This is just about how the VCs squeezed every last drop of profit out of this deal.

Honestly, I’m starting to think “disruptive innovation” just means “finding new ways for venture capitalists to steal money.”

Source: TechCrunch – More details emerge on how Windsurf’s VCs and founders got paid from the Google deal

Speaking of deals, I once had to debug a routing issue caused by a CFO trying to “optimize” bandwidth costs. Turns out he’d negotiated a cheaper rate with a provider that only allowed 50 packets per minute. Fifty! The entire network ground to a halt because some bean counter thought he was clever. I fixed it, naturally, but not before spending three hours screaming at the phone. Some people just *want* things to be broken.

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