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pancrufty | 3 years ago

No, there’s intention to monetize.

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wpietri|3 years ago

Yeah, if you take $7m from YC and Kleiner Perkins, it is definitely not a charity operation: https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/oven/company_financi...

It's a little concerning to me when something's commercial nature is so far in the background like this. I guess I've had too many years of, "Surprise, our business model is you!"

paxys|3 years ago

What's the surprise exactly? Deno works the same way, as do hundreds of other companies that give out an open source version of their software for free and provide hosting and support as paid services.

ilrwbwrkhv|3 years ago

Wow didn't know they took a loan of $7 million dollars. That is an insane amount for a runtime without market adoption. Another one of those 2021 VC play I guess.