This is exactly what we have had for the past 25 years in Europe. And you can design against it, even if you don't want to or cannot keep out foreign investment. In the Solvinity case it would mean upfront knowing how and where to deploy your services before any US investments happen, and a dissolution clause in your contract. You mitigate not by prevent investment or wanting European champions, you mitigate by upfront having options that you can quickly deploy, so options getting provided. If you want to work for the European public sector you cannot have any CLOUD Act involvement. And you have to know you will lose your entire client base in the public sector if you do. Snowcrash, but yeah. And a herd of zebra's, not seeking unicorns.

This chart is very reminiscent of a similar chart I saw just this morning that was looking at the differences between unicorns and zebras within an economic framing.

On the persistence of unicorns

The ideas of "capturing" and "packaging" knowledge suggests a mindset based on monetizing rather than empowering knowledge makers. The new metaphor of zebra not unicorn startup business models suggests "profitable businesses that solve real, meaningful problems and in the process repair existing social systems" might serve us all better than Genius' "pivot" to media.

connecting venture capital motivations with ill effects on the common good