[AheadOfTime295]

For context see

Lightbend secures 25MM funding round, proceeds to layoff Scala contributors https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22842166

[marvy]

I don't follow Scala (never wrote a single line), so I didn't realize the company changed names from Typesafe to Lightbend. Here's a question: how on earth do they make any money? The Wikipedia article makes an offhand mention of something called Lightbend subscription; is that what keeps them afloat?

[joshlemer]

A lot of it is consulting, and they also have some proprietary and/or hosted services, and even akka plugins that they charge for.

[marvy]

thanks

[dang]

Also https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22836399 ("Six years at Lightbend")