Bun creator defends VC-funded open source: still MIT-licensed and shipping
ycombinator · x · 2026-10-29
Bun creator Jarred Sumner pushes back at criticism of VC-funded open source: VCs gave him millions to pay engineers to build Bun, and the only ask was "make number go up." The project remains MIT-licensed and still shipping. He also reflects that post-Series A, having 15+ people with $0 revenue and no commercialization progress seemed riskier than narrowing feature scope.
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