We haven't fleshed out all the nitty gritty details - but no - we wouldn't prefer Pittsburgh to Moab.

This is an interesting experiment. How about de-location outside US? Say Toronto or Waterloo, Canada? There is obviously a good tech scene there. So I like many others are curious how salaries are adjusted to COL? Would someone who de-located be making similar Bay Area salaries or would it be similar to what's offered by the local tech companies there?

I don't think we'd be against that at all - but we probably could not help with the visa situation.

Btw American citizens can work in Canada without a visa - see TN status. Just need a job offer and relevant university degree.

Are you big enough that you have employees in most states now? The reason I ask is because some states have a pretty high bar for the first employee, since it comes with a lot of associated costs that aren't based on salary.

We consider this as just part of running a remote business - eventually it'll plateau as we are present in all the locations. For example, we have way more employees in Texas alone than in Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, etc. combined.