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WarGamer

(15,917 posts)
9. So Blue Sky has lots of bullshit... just like Twitter.
Tue Nov 12, 2024, 05:46 PM
Nov 12
https://www.reuters.com/markets/us/how-will-elon-musk-pay-twitter-2022-10-07/

The blue sky person is pathetically trying to tie 8VC, a venture capital firm to the Russians.

8VC was founded by a co-founder of Palantir, Joe Lonsdale... a friend and business partner of Musk and Thiel who were the "PayPal mafia"... 8VC also is an investor in the Boring Co, another Musk start up.

8VC has TWO employees on their staff who are CHILDREN of sanctioned Russian oligarchs. Not a Russian kopeck in the deal.

That's it. That's the connection.

Out of the $46.5B financing package to buy Twitter... Musk put up approximately HALF IN CASH, got loans from BofA and Morgan Stanley for $13B

The last $7B is from equity investors including dozens of smaller firms and individuals including Larry Ellison, Saudi Crown Prince, Ackman and dozens of smaller interests.

8VC is one of those small interests and there is no indication that there is any connection WHATSOEVER to Russia.



Go tell the person on Blue Sky they're a propagandist hack.

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