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"Grammarly announced Tuesday the acquisition of email client Superhuman in a push to build out its AI for its productivity suite. Neither companies provided details about the financial terms of the deal..... Superhuman was founded by Rahul Vohra, Vivek Sodera, and Conrad Irwin. The company raised more than $114 million in funding from backers including a16z, IVP, and Tiger Global, with its last valuation at $825 million, according to data from venture data analytics firm Traxcn." [1]

Interested to understand what would be the terms of the deal if Superhuman was valued at $825mm and what the founders cleared if the all the VCs rounds had 2-3x liquidation preferences.

edit: added source

[1] https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/01/grammarly-acquires-ai-emai...

What's the Matter with India? The judicial system as root of all evils

haltingproblem — Mon, 27 Oct 2025 03:07:02 +0000

Article URL: https://nicholasdecker.substack.com/p/whats-the-matter-with-india

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45717020

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Venture Capitalist Sues Surrogate Mother After Stillbirth

haltingproblem — Sun, 12 Oct 2025 15:29:07 +0000

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haltingproblem — Tue, 07 Oct 2025 23:28:03 +0000

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Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45510240

Points: 4

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Between 1875 and 1925, 80k tigers were killed in India under British rule

haltingproblem — Mon, 06 Oct 2025 02:39:19 +0000

Article URL: https://old.reddit.com/r/IndianHistory/comments/1nir430/between_1875_and_1925_over_80000_tigers_were/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45487146

Points: 7

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haltingproblem — Sun, 05 Oct 2025 20:05:29 +0000

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Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45484737

Points: 15

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New comment by haltingproblem in "The Queens' Daughters: State Mandated Prostitution in British India"

haltingproblem — Sun, 05 Oct 2025 20:00:44 +0000

India was never Majority muslim, perhaps you mean Muslim ruled, then partially correct - a good swath of India was ruled by the Mughal empire but there were independent states which made pacts with the British or fell to them in battles.

The Queens' Daughters: State Mandated Prostitution in British India

haltingproblem — Sun, 05 Oct 2025 15:08:18 +0000

Article URL: https://old.reddit.com/r/IndianHistory/comments/1km7flq/prostitution_during_british_india/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45482057

Points: 5

# Comments: 4

The Impact of Immigration on Firms and Workers: Insights from the H-1B Lottery

haltingproblem — Sat, 20 Sep 2025 17:59:01 +0000

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