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by 748 1138 days ago
FUTO makes sense in terms of it comes from "FUTurO", in the context of Future, but I see the organization changing its name if it is going to become a large player - just having "FU" as the first letters is a bit unuserfriendly (although I realize that they probably want to signal that they are saying FU to the other companies they are competing with), and I won't even mention that it is oddly similar to "FUPA", maybe the founder(s) wanted to use this as a joke of some sort? Similar to Elon combining his model letters into "S3XY".
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I'm pretty sure it stands for "F*!$/ You Tech Oligopoly".

FUTO is not a company.

Officially it's just 4 letters that sound nice together... but the name is up for interpretation :D My personal favorite is "Fight to Upend the Tech Oligopoly" but there are many others.
IT IS ARGUABLY (ACTUALLY) EVEN CLOSER TO "FUTA". Maybe they are upset with Teaching Assistance?
As long as it's not la FICA ! snorts