Re:Tailscale has raised $160M
by kube-system on Tuesday April 08, 2025 @01:05PM
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Tailscale is a software company founded in 2019 that raised their series A in 2020, not a grassroots community project
so either you do it out of the goodness of your heart, or you maximize shareholder value at no expense
I'd sell out at $160M, too. I'm happy for them, and sad for everyone else.
As GP said, they have raised money before. So why are you now disappointed and think they "are selling out", when nothing has changed, and Tailscale has been a clear-cut for-profit startup from the start?
netbird looks like it would be a better option if open source is what youre after. theres a handful of others too, nebula, zerotier, netmaker just to name a few
that was disappointing
at least the current software is open source, so others can fork it before it closes down on itself and enshittifies.