> Second, to our investors, especially Casey Aylward from Accel, who led our Seed and Series A, and Jennifer Li from Andreessen Horowitz, who led our Series B

They are buying out investors, it's like musical chairs.

The liquidity is going to be better on OpenAI, so it pleases everyone (less pressure from investors, more liquidity for investors).

The acquisition is just a collateral effect.

mindshare and a central piece of the python package management ecosystem.

IMO, they are buying business just to put them down later to avoid potential competition. The recipe is not new, it has been practiced by Google/Microsoft for many years.

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