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Kept interrupting with compliance questions 😂

2 Oct 2026 · 1 min

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In a brief, multilingual exchange, a startup representative boasts rapid revenue growth—$30 million ARR achieved in eight months and a projection of $100 million ARR next year, with a significant European client base. When questioned about data privacy, the speaker claims full compliance with GDPR, SOC 2, and other regulations, asserting that compliance and security are managed through Vanta, which centralizes evidence of controls. The conversation shifts to fundraising, revealing a $50 million raise with a minimum investment check of $500 k, contrary to a suggestion of a €5 k check. Tensions rise as a participant threatens to report the company to the French data regulator CNIL and ends the dialogue with a profanity‑laden outburst directed at a person named Jason.

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We hit 30 million ARR in eight months. In eight months? C'est pas possible. And next year, we're projected to hit 100 million ARR, with 30 percent of our clients coming from Europe. In Europe? Are you thinking about data processing? Who can access the data? Of course. Who can delete it? Who is processing? Fully compliant. Okay. Yeah. If you're fully compliant, where is the compliance guy? We don't have a compliance guy at the moment. We actually run our compliance. Ah, you don't have a compliance guy? No. Let me take a photo of you. I'm gonna report you to CNIL. No, no. Please don't do that. Okay. Just look. We run compliance and security through Vanta. Plugged into our system, so if control fails, we know. And whether that's GDPR or SOC two or an audit, the evidence is all in one place. Why you didn't mention this earlier? I love this. Why not invest a big check of five thousand euros? Sorry, our minimum check size is actually five hundred thousand dollars. We're raising fifty million. Five hundred thousand? You're doing an IPO or what? In America, that's that's our seed round. Oh putain! Non, va te faire foutre Jason. Va te faire foutre. I'm out.