[kyle-rb]

MediaLab probably got Kik at a pretty big discount. There were child grooming issues, and at one point they did an ICO and subsequently got fined by the SEC.

They were also indirectly responsible for the whole leftpad disaster lol.

[jart]

Are you talking about NPM leftpad that broke Node? Is there any place where I can read more about this claim?

[ceocoder]

This thread should help - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11349870