[gandalfgeek]

> It does grate me then, when someone else manages to raise 100M dollars on the premise of reinventing the wheel to solve the exact same problem, but from a worse starting point because they start from zero and they want to retain Python compatibility. Think of what money like that could do to Julia!

Python is a juggernaut with total control of the ML space and is a huge part (even if less dominant) in modern scientific computing.

A VC has way better chances of success building solutions compatible with Python rather than replacing it.

[chaxor]

I was interested in trying our mojo. Then I looked at it booked out quick.

No one will use a language that isn't free and open source.

If mojo was free and open source (wasn't a company), and didn't just give out binaries with a 'trust me bro' stamp if approval, then I would have worked with it. But it's not, so I will never use it.

[andyferris]

I get your viewpoint. However, in terms of numbers, I suspect >90% of the populace (even research populace) will care that it is free-as-in-beer and that's all. So from the VC's point of view...