I need $15 million in Series A financing, and I will sell 12% of the equity, Class A equity. ”

Marcus Lyle was also not hypocritical, and directly said his request.

This is a very reasonable valuation, and the Lyle binary also adopts the AB share system and limited partnership structure, which can ensure that when the equity is transferred, the control of the company is firmly in the hands of the founder, that is, Luo Sheng.

"Is the Series A financing valued at $125 million...... No problem, I can take it. Larry Page smiled, and after a moment he added, "But I have one more condition, Mr. Marcus." ”

"Please."

Larry Page nodded and replied, "I have priority for follow-on financing at the same valuation." ”

Although the cash flow of Page's company can't compete with Luo Sheng, it is also relatively speaking, and in fact, Google is also one of the richest companies in the world, and it is also the master who is not short of money.

Obviously, Page is very optimistic about the future of Lyle Binary, and Google is not short of this money, if he didn't understand, he even wanted to buy the company directly, but the founder did not agree, so he could only retreat to invest.

Marcus Lyle: "No problem. ”

After this round of financing, the company has one more investment shareholder, namely Anaheim Capital, which won 9% of the equity in the angel round of financing, and Alphabet, the parent company of Alphabet Google, which is exclusively contracted by the A round of financing.

With the development of the company, it will also introduce more external shareholders through subsequent continuous financing, and finally achieve IPO listing, which is the path that start-up technology companies must take to develop.

After learning more about the UAV swarm combat system of Lyle Binary, Larry Page is more confident in this investment, the UAV itself is secondary, and there are a large number of companies in the United States that can make it, the difficulty is the swarm combat system platform, and this is the core competitiveness of Lyle Binary.

On the same day, Page signed a contract with Lyle Binary to officially complete the A round of financing, and then happily left, this kind of high-quality company will not lack the favor of venture capital institutions, this time it can be the first to start, and Google will become the largest external investment shareholder in the future, and even the largest shareholder.

Under the framework of the AB share system and the limited partnership structure, no matter how much proportion of equity is transferred, it will not have any impact on the control of the company, and there is only one situation for the loss of control, that is, Luo Sheng voluntarily surrenders.

For this company, Luo Sheng doesn't care how much equity he sells, he only needs one thing is enough - absolute control.

was originally a chess piece laid by himself behind the scenes.

With the completion of the Series A financing, all the employees of Lyle Binary had a party in the garage that night to celebrate, although Marcus Lyle is a android, but he can eat normally like a normal human, and having a complete set of metabolic cycles in the body is the key.

However, it is not enough to absorb bioenergy only from food digestion, and it is necessary to maintain the caloric consumption of the whole body through external intake, and he will inject bioenergy privately to maintain the body's consumption.

The next day, another group of people came to Lyell Binary.

"I'm Will Parks, part of the Magnesium Army Equipment Headquarters, and your company's drone technology has aroused the interest of the Department of Defense, and if it meets the demand, the Department of Defense may issue a valuable purchase order to your company."

Marcus Lyle looked at the documents handed by the other party, then at the other party's face, and then at his rank of colonel, and finally confirmed that it was correct.

The Armament Headquarters, which is the department in charge of the planning, spending, and ordering of combat equipment for the troops, came to the door in person, and the technology of the Lyle binary was obviously favored by the Woods Horn Bureau.

Especially recently, I was stimulated by Luo Sheng.

After confirming his identity, Marcus Lyle brought Will Parks and a few people from the Woods to give a detailed introduction to the company's products.

"How many drones can you coordinate at the same time with your swarm system?" Will Parks asked, this is the main concern of the Woodhorn Group.

Some time ago, I accidentally found that Huaguo has been able to achieve coordinated operations on more than 5,000 UAVs, which made Lao Mei's face gloomy, because it has been publicized to the outside world that the UAV technology of the magnesium army is leading the world, and it has been blowing for so long, this face is too abrupt, and now it is a little confused, and it is even regarded by Lao Mei as being bullied by the other party on the face, which is very unhappy.

Markus Lyle replied without thinking: "Theoretically, it is possible to coordinate 10,000 drones for swarm operations at the same time. ”

"Well, 10,000 is not bad...... What the? What did you say? ”

Will Parks was slow to react for a moment, but quickly came to his senses, and then looked at the other man with a shocked face.

Marcus Lyle repeated: "I said, theoretically, it is possible to cooperate with 10,000 drones for swarm operations. ”

Will Parks, who came back to his senses, suddenly questioned, "How do you prove it?" ”

Marcus Lyle said calmly: "Colonel, my company is in the start-up stage, the funds are tight, I can't make 10,000 drones at this time to prove myself, the cost of 1 drone is not less than 30,000 US dollars, which means that 300 million US dollars are needed, I don't have so much money and it is impossible to do this, unless someone pays the bill, but I have an absolute grasp of my technology, you will see it in the future." ”

Will Parkes: "No, no, no, if you can really do what you say, the Pentagon will give you the money to pay for you, and promise to give you follow-up orders, when will you be able to get 10,000 drones out and test them?" ”

$30,000 a plane is no problem for the Woodhorn Tower, and 10,000 planes is only $300 million, and the maximum is not more than $500 million, which is a drop in the bucket compared to the annual expenditure of more than $700 billion.

Now, the most important thing is how to win back a game from the Chinese in the field of UAV swarm operations, earn face again, and suppress the arrogance of the opponent.

"We only got $15 million in Series A funding from Google yesterday, and if we want to build 10,000 drones, we need to expand our workforce, build production lines, and procure parts...... $15 million is simply not enough. ”

This is also an indirect indication that Lyle Binary is not a start-up that anyone can take advantage of, and there is a super tech giant with a market value of more than $600 billion standing behind it.

Will Parks: "Listen, money isn't an issue, you know?" OK, you're going to go with me to the Woods now, I think it's important for you to report to the higher security services about your company, and that's your chance. ”

There is no such thing as hesitation in Marcus Lyle's logic program, and the time it takes to judge things is positively correlated with the processing speed of his chip, but he still "hesitates" for a moment like a human, which is the result of emotional simulation.

After a moment, Marcus Lyle nodded, "I need to put together a piece of information to make a systematic report." ”

Will Parks: "Okay, I'll wait for you outside, not too long." ”

Ten minutes later, Marcus Lyle left Monlo Park with the old American military personnel and went to the Cape Woods.

……

Two days later, the Science and Technology Complex Building.

"Master, the latest situation from the 3rd, Lyle Binary has received a $500 million R&D grant and a $2.5 billion defense procurement order from the Woods Branch."

Xiao Na's voice responded in Luo Sheng's office, and the latter was surprised when he heard it: "The progress of No. 3 is a bit fast, the day before yesterday 'defected' to Google, and now the Wujiao Building has been taken down, haha." ”

As he spoke, he couldn't help but laugh, and he didn't expect it to be so smooth when he entered the other party's interior.

After Marcus Lyle went to the Woodhorn Tower, he got this super large order to purchase 70,000 drones at a cost of $35,000 per plane on the same day, but the premise is that Lyle Binary must let the Woodhorn team see that his company's technology can really cooperate with 10,000 drones at the same time to swarm and achieve amazing results.

It still depends on how it works, so this $2.5 billion super order is just a blank check that needs to be exchanged, but as long as it can be proved that the technology of Lyell's binary is as described, this order will definitely not be released.

First of all, the United States has given a funding allocation of 500 million US dollars in advance to allow Lyle Binary to test 10,000 UAV swarm combat systems as soon as possible, and secondly, the United States is now stimulated by the previous opponent's UAV swarm exercises, both a sense of urgency and a matter of saving face.

Cortana responded, "Master, do you want to start an intellectual property lawsuit against Lyle Binary?" ”

This is the arranged plan, and the Cote d'Azur will sue Lyle for binary "plagiarism" technology in the future, and the two sides will go to court against Bo, creating a false impression to outsiders that the two sides are mortal enemies.

The more out of control the "contradictions" on both sides become, the safer the Lyle Binary Company will be, and the less people will suspect that the mastermind behind it is actually the same existence, and Lao Mei will feel at ease when he uses it.

Luo Sheng stopped and said, "No, let the bullets fly for a while." ”

Now is not the time, and as the Cte d'Azur comes to a close this year, there is one last important task, which is the Abu Dhabi Defence Exhibition on December 19, which is already in sight from the perspective of time.

UAV swarms need to collect more data in actual combat to further optimize products, so the export foreign trade version should also be put on the agenda as soon as possible.

While making money from local tyrants, local tyrants also help test your products, and later launch more bullish products to make more money from local tyrants, a perfect cycle, which is the export foreign trade version.

Sell things to the local tyrants over there, and there is definitely no shortage of actual combat opportunities over there.

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(End of chapter)