Global Monopoly of Technology

I need $15 million for a Series A, 12% equity, Class A equity. "

Marcus Lyle was not hypocritical, and directly stated his request.

This is a very reasonable valuation. Lyle Binary also adopts the AB share system and limited partnership structure. This top-level design can ensure that when the equity is sold, the control of the company is firmly in the hands of the founder, that is Luo Sheng's hand.

"A round of financing is worth 125 million US dollars... no problem, I can accept it." Larry Page said with a smile, and after a while he added: "But I have to add a condition, Mr. Marcus. ."

"Please say."

Larry Page nodded and replied: "I have priority for subsequent financing at the same valuation."

Although the cash flow of Page's company can't match Luo Sheng's, it is relatively speaking. In fact, Google is also one of the richest companies in the world, and it is also a master of money.

Obviously, Page is very optimistic about the future of Lyle Binary Company, and Google is not short of this money. If he hadn't known, he even wanted to buy the company directly, but the founder did not agree, so he could only make a second investment. .

Marcus Lyle: "No problem."

It took less than 20 minutes to negotiate the A round financing agreement of Lyle Binary. After this round of financing, the company has an additional investment shareholder, namely Anaheim Capital, which has won 9% of the equity in the angel round of financing. And the parent company of Alphabet, Google, which is exclusively contracted for this Series A financing.

With the development of the company, it will also introduce more external shareholders through subsequent continuous financing, and finally realize the IPO listing. This is the path that the development of start-up technology companies must take.

After further understanding of Lyle Binary's drone swarm combat system, Larry Page is more confident about this investment. The drone itself is secondary, and there are a large number of companies in the United States that can make it. , the difficulty is the swarm combat system platform, and this is the core competitiveness of Lyle Binary.

On the same day, Page signed a contract with Lyle Binary and officially completed the A round of financing, and then left happily. This kind of high-quality company will not lack the favor of venture capital institutions. This time, we can start first. In the future, Google It can become the largest external investment shareholder, or even the largest shareholder.

Under the framework of the AB share system and limited partnership structure, no matter how much equity is transferred, it will not have any impact on the company's control.

For this company,

Luo Sheng doesn't care how much equity he sells, he only needs one thing - absolute control.

It was originally a chess piece that he laid behind the scenes.

After the completion of the A round of financing, all the employees of Lyle Binary celebrated a party in the garage that night. Although Marcus Lyle is a bionic man, he can eat normally like a normal human, and he has a complete set in his body. A complete metabolic cycle is key.

However, it is not enough to absorb bio-energy from food digestion alone. He has to consume externally to maintain the calorie consumption of the entire body. He will inject bio-energy privately to maintain the body's consumption.

The next day, another group of people came to Lyle Binary Company.

"I'm Will Parks, I belong to the Equipment Headquarters of the Magnesium Army. Your company's drone technology has aroused the interest of the Ministry of Defense. If it meets the needs, the Ministry of Defense may issue an expensive purchase to your company. Order."

Marcus Lyle looked at the certificate handed by the other party, looked at the other party's face, and then looked at his colonel rank, and finally confirmed it was correct.

Equipment headquarters, this is the department in charge of the planning, spending, ordering and other work of the army's combat equipment. People from this department came to the door in person, and Lyle's binary technology was obviously favored by Wujiao Building.

Especially recently, Luo Sheng has been stimulated by him.

After completing the identification, Marcus Lyle brought Will Parks and a few people from Cape Wolverine to introduce the company's products in detail again.

"How many drones can your swarm system coordinate at the same time for swarm operations?" Will Parks asked, which is the most concerned issue of Wujiao Building.

Some time ago, it was unexpectedly discovered that Huaguo had been able to achieve coordinated operations against more than 5,000 drones. This matter made Laomei's face dull, because before the public has been promoting the world's leading drone technology of the Magnesium Army, it has been blown away. After so long, the face was so abruptly punched that it was a bit confusing to this day. It was even regarded by Lao Mei as being bullied by the other party riding on the face, which was very unpleasant.

Marcus Lyle replied without hesitation: "Theoretically, 10,000 drones can be coordinated to conduct swarm operations at the same time."

"Well, 10,000 isn't bad...what? What did you say?"

Will Parks was sluggish for a moment, but quickly recovered, and then looked at the other party with a shocked face.

Marcus Lyle repeated: "I said, in theory, 10,000 drones can be used in swarm operations."

When Will Paxton recovered, he questioned: "How do you prove it?"

Marcus Lyle said calmly: "Colonel, my company is in the start-up stage and the funds are tight. It is impossible for me to build 10,000 drones to prove myself at this time. The cost of one drone is not Less than $30,000 means $300 million, which I can't do without that much money, unless someone pays the bill, but I'm absolutely sure of my technology and you'll see in the future."

Will Parks: "No no no, if you can really do what you said, the Pentagon will give you money to pay for your bills and promise to give you follow-up orders, when will you be able to get 10,000 unmanned aircraft? Man and machine come out and test?"

A 30,000-dollar plane has no problem at all for the Wujiao Building. The cost of 10,000 planes is only 300 million U.S. dollars.

Now, the most important thing is how to pull back a game from the Chinese people in the field of drone swarm combat, gain face back, and suppress the arrogance of the opponent.

Marcus Lyle said: "We just got Google's $15 million Series A financing yesterday. If we want to build 10,000 drones, we need to expand staff, build production lines, buy parts... $15 million is basically not enough."

This remark also indirectly shows that Lyle Binary is not a start-up company that anyone can embezzle. Behind it stands a super technology giant with a market value of more than 600 billion US dollars. Be quick with you first.

Will Parks: "Listen, money isn't the problem, understand? OK, you're taking a trip to the Woolworths with me now, I think it's important for you to report your company's situation to the higher security It's your chance."

There is no concept of hesitation in Marcus Lyle's logic program, the time it takes to judge something is positively related to the processing speed of his chip, but he still "hesitates" like a human for a moment, which is an emotional simulation result.

After a while, Marcus Lyle nodded and said, "I need to organize a document for a systematic report."

Will Parks: "OK, then I'll wait for you outside, not too long."

Ten minutes later, Marcus Lyle took the information and left Menlo Park with the old American military personnel and went to the Wujiao Building.

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Two days later, the Science and Technology Complex Building.

"Master, there is an update on the 3rd. Lyle Binary has received a $500 million R\u0026D grant from the Woolworth Building and a $2.5 billion defense procurement order."

Xiaona's voice echoed in Luo Sheng's office, and the latter was surprised when she heard it: "The progress of No. 3 is a bit fast. The day before yesterday, I 'departed' for Google, and now I have taken down the Wujiao Building, haha. ."

As he spoke, he couldn't help laughing, and breaking into the other party's interior did not expect it to be so smooth.

After Marcus Lyle went to the Wolverine Building, he got the super large order to purchase 70,000 drones at a cost of $35,000/unit on the same day, but the premise is that Lyle's binary must allow Wujiao Building saw that his company's technology can really cooperate with 10,000 drones to conduct swarm operations at the same time, and achieve amazing results.

It still depends on the effect, so this super large order of 2.5 billion US dollars is just a blank check and needs to be exchanged, but as long as it can be proved that the technology of Lyle Binary is as described, this order will definitely not be put into pigeons.

First of all, Laomei has given 500 million US dollars in advance to let Lyle Binary test 10,000 drone swarm combat systems as soon as possible. Secondly, Laomei is now stimulated by the previous opponent's drone swarm exercise. Both There is a sense of urgency in it, and there is something to save face in it.

Cortana responded: "Master, do you want to initiate an intellectual property lawsuit against Lyle Binary Company?"

This is an arranged plan. Cote d'Azur will sue Lyle for binary "plagiarism" technology in the future.

The more the "contradiction" shown on both sides is out of control, the safer Lyle Binary Company will be, and the less people will suspect that the person behind it is actually the same existence.

Luo Sheng stopped and said, "No, let the bullets fly for a while."

Now is not the time, and as the Cote d'Azur is coming to an end this year, there is one last important task, which is the Abu Dhabi Defence Exhibition on December 19. From the time point of view, this is already close things in front of you.

The drone swarm needs to collect more data in actual combat to further optimize the product, so the export and foreign trade version should also be put on the agenda as soon as possible.

While making money from local tyrants, local tyrants also help to test your products, and later launch more powerful products to earn more money from local tyrants, a perfect cycle, this is the export trade version.

Selling things to the local tyrants over there is definitely not lacking in actual combat opportunities.

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