Steve Tuck

Yeah, sharp elbows is just a myth.

As it turns out, like I don't, maybe these folks haven't been around a company.

It's like, no, it's like, no, you should just assume everyone's gonna take their pro rata rights.

And that made it uncomfortable.

You know, it's like people are like, yeah, sorry, I've got the right to do this.

So yeah, I want to invest a lot more.

I know I've been, you know, and it's like, okay.

So we got to find a way to make it all work.

Um, and which I, I mean, and that was on, I mean, that was a lot of shuttle diplomacy from you, Steve, to, to, to get it all the fit.

But I think you succeeded in that.

Everybody was a little disappointed.

Good job.

Job well done.

Job well done.

Uh, everyone is, is, is a little bit disappointed.

Um, but so, um, and then we, uh, then we closed, which is great.

It closed without, so we did not add any new investors, did not add any board seats, and put a whole bunch of capital into the company, which is a lot.

And also, I think, have you found, it also, I have found, I mean, this is, okay, this is, maybe I shouldn't be saying this in a rather public spot, but I just feel like for so much of the company, it's like, this might work, this might work.

Okay, yes, it seems like increasingly likely this will work, obviously.

But I feel that especially with the Series C, having absolute confidence that we are absolutely gonna be here for a long time.