Joe Lonsdale

So how did this pop on your radar?

You know, we see a lot of things going on.

I have some old friends.

You know, one of my interns built a couple of big companies in Nigeria who's from actually a big Christian family there who's a prominent guy, a really, really good guy.

We have others who kind of track and try to talk to the Physics Olympiad winners around the world and see what they're doing.

So there's lots of different ways.

You kind of see this from a couple of different sources.

You see it's real, and then you send people over and get engaged, you know?

This one, we were the first big institutional investor.

So we took a big minority stake in the company early.

I think it was about a 40 million valuation.

We put, you know, it could be about a quarter of the company or give or take.

And then, and then it's since has raised, you know, 20, 30 million more, closed some really big contracts.

And the idea is like,

We know a lot about this industry.

Let's help them.

Let's help them scale it up around Africa, have multiple spots, multiple governments they're working with.

There's certain things they're going to be the best at.

There's certain things America has companies that are going to be the best at.

Let's make sure we partner and help them.