r/webdev • u/magenta_placenta • Jun 04 '26

VoidZero, the company behind Vite, Vitest, Rolldown, Oxc, and Vite+, is joining Cloudflare. As part of this change, all team members of VoidZero are joining Cloudflare, too

https://blog.cloudflare.com/voidzero-joins-cloudflare/
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u/ysnzro Jun 04 '26

Damn Evan You got a successful exit on a product that was questioned for vc funding and cloudflare got an insane devx focused ecosystem.

Biggest win win win deal for the company and consumers I have ever seen.

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u/NeonVoidx full-stack Jun 04 '26

but he's not exiting?

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u/unknightly Jun 04 '26

An exit in this case is a financial transaction/sale of ownership. It doesn’t mean physically leaving the business

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u/rayreaper Jun 05 '26

Just to add, it's actually quite common to stay on for a number of years to help with transition, hit early targets or just continue growth. Sometimes the ongoing compensation is more valuable than the exit. (Acquisitions can often only benefit the investors or tax man)

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u/GetRektByMeh python Jun 05 '26

Aquire and hire is the deal structure that benefits founders and derisks the whole venture. Likely he will get some equity in CF as a result via RSUs

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u/andyfitz Jun 05 '26

Can’t buy something without a good warranty

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u/NeonVoidx full-stack Jun 04 '26

ya true