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I feel pretty confident that the same way we've been winning in the marketplace, we'll win in the court of law. So it's just we just need to play it out. I think I'm in constant wartime, sadly. As well that September was our first 100 million revenue month, which is a very exciting milestone for the business. This round, these new investors, our board has always been with us, kind of shows for where
We stand as a company towards this type of litigations. This is 20VC with me, Harry Stebbings, and I'm so excited to welcome back what I think is one of the great founders of our generation, Alex Buersy's deal. Now, Deal is the $17 billion global payroll juggernaut that just last week announced their latest $300 million fundraise led by Ribbit, Andreessen, and Co2. Deal has been on the most insane journey.
They now do over a billion in annual revenue. They just had their first 100 million revenue month and they've been profitable for over three years. I'm very touched by this show. I freaking hate podcasts where there's like a podcast tour and Alex chose to do one podcast. to announce this round and he chose 20 VC.
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