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Friendly reminder that Tailscale is VC-funded and driving towards IPO (betakit.com)

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Corporate VPN startup Tailscale secures $230 million CAD Series C on back of “surprising” growth

Pennarun confirmed the company had been approached by potential acquirers, but told BetaKit that the company intends to grow as a private company and work towards an initial public offering (IPO).

“Tailscale intends to remain independent and we are on a likely IPO track, although any IPO is several years out,” Pennarun said. “Meanwhile, we have an extremely efficient business model, rapid revenue acceleration, and a long runway that allows us to become profitable when needed, which means we can weather all kinds of economic storms.”

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[–] irmadlad@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

there’s no reasonable chance of my data ending up in the RIAA/MPAA’s hands

Well, I have had dealings with the RIAA back in the pre-Napster era when audio on the internet had not really come into it's own and most people associated audio on the internet with GeoCities midis....pretty crappy stuff. I ran a fairly successful, fully liscensed, internet radio station with a company called the IM Radio Networks. They along with Phillips created one of the world's first bookshelf stereos that could 'tune in' internet radio as well as AM/FM. Even went to Washington with others to plead our case before a hearing that included Senator Leahy. Yeah, the RIAA are a bunch of reactive assholes and have never been proactive since AM radio first crackled into people's homes.

I used to give corporations more benefit of the doubt and think in balance

I've always figured that if it was offered for free on the internet, there were always going to be strings and at some point I'd have to do something different to achieve the same results I was looking for.