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Re:Ilya Sutskever's SSI Inc raises $1B by EGreg on Wednesday September 04, 2024 @03:58PM (#41450051)
Necessary but not sufficient

And sometimes not even necessary. Paris Hilton got a music distribution deal overnight cause of her dad’s capital!

Re:Ilya Sutskever's SSI Inc raises $1B by mgfist on Wednesday September 04, 2024 @07:48PM (#41452033)
> And sometimes not even necessary. Paris Hilton got a music distribution deal overnight cause of her dad’s capital!

Nepotism is a tangential point, and yes I agree that it's a bad thing. Ilya did not get this deal through nepotism, he got it through his past accomplishments, much like how a general gets promoted after many years of exemplary work.