Till Incentives Do Us Part
Isaiah Taylor took Day One's money when he was desperate; now that his startup has split atoms and Sequoia's led a billion-dollar round, he's in court to erase the rights he sold. Whether you can defend the investor is beside the point (you can't). The concept is: you sell pro rata because you need the cash, so you live by it. Alignment is a structure you maintain as conditions change, not a vow you take once — and with AI, which moves faster than you can read a contract, that's the only game that matters.
