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Well, it's not like they lack a working product (Falcon9 block5), market demand (commercial launch operators who were paying a fuckton of money to Russians or the ESA), or unique technology (landing on legs, re-used first stages). Even if it winds up in a debtor-in-possession or forced acquisition scenario I feel optimistic about the direction it's going as a whole.

Webvan burned through approximately 1.2 billion and accomplished pretty much nothing. Quoting a case study of it from the mid 2000s: "Raised approximately $1.2 billion dollars from private investors and IPO. • Investors: • Goldman Sachs • Yahoo • CBS Inc • Knight – Ridder Co • Softbank Co • Benchmark Capital • Sequoia Capital. "




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