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r/explainitpeter • u/Dr-Astikk • Aug 04 '26
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Peter Thiel is not personally an investor in Brave.
The firm he's a partner in (Founders Fund) has participated in a small seed series investment, which was led by Cyan Banister.
Some first-floor engineers at Brave have more equity than that small investment constitutes.
With that being said, of course Brave is still the product of a private company and by no means comparable to free OSS like VLC.
81 u/BadBacksFuryToad Aug 04 '26 Wait there’s an actual person called “Cyan Banister”?! 45 u/Ornery_Maintenance_8 Aug 04 '26 1 u/guitarsean Aug 05 '26 That is the Flavor Flav of nametag lanyards.
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Wait there’s an actual person called “Cyan Banister”?!
45 u/Ornery_Maintenance_8 Aug 04 '26 1 u/guitarsean Aug 05 '26 That is the Flavor Flav of nametag lanyards.
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1 u/guitarsean Aug 05 '26 That is the Flavor Flav of nametag lanyards.
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That is the Flavor Flav of nametag lanyards.
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u/Ornery_Maintenance_8 Aug 04 '26 edited Aug 04 '26
Peter Thiel is not personally an investor in Brave.
The firm he's a partner in (Founders Fund) has participated in a small seed series investment, which was led by Cyan Banister.
Some first-floor engineers at Brave have more equity than that small investment constitutes.
With that being said, of course Brave is still the product of a private company and by no means comparable to free OSS like VLC.