Our Investor & Growth Vision

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Hey guys, want to hear about how I figured out what to do in a uniform? Hi, my name is Akiva Cates. I lead our partnerships and alliances team here at 0.5. I've been with the company now for a bit over three years, essentially from its infancy. I was the first business hire. And being here from the beginning of the infancy, I can say, "Anybody who's looking to join a startup, this is the place to be." As we've been growing, our investors continue to reinvest in us, right? When you think about it, and you look publicly on what's available at other companies, you continuously see a new round. So many different new investors will usually only announce one new investor. It's usually the new lead investor, because all of our existing investors have re-entied up. They've continued to invest in us because they see the long-term play. They see all the value that our company provides, whether it's in our product, our customers, our revenue. And so they're able to say, "I need to be a part of this next round." We're early enough that the people who join us today, they're able to still make that same impact, right? When you think about all this exciting information that's happening around AI and infrastructure and all that kind of cool stuff, we're still at the front end of all that. It's so early enough where you're able to make that kind of impact. So that's the pitch. The backing tells you that the bet is real.