Thread by @InfiniteAtman, 1/ After bunching into a post about it on reddit, I took [...]

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1/ After bunching into a post about it on reddit, I took some time to dive into the careers of @FlexaHQ ’s advisors. $AMP

What I found is a captivating proof of the deep ties of Flexa to industry giants, most notably to @Tesla $TSLA and @Walmart.

2/ We can find some heavy hitters in there, but one name jumps off the page: Chris Walti

https://www.linkedin.com/in/chriswalti/

3/ Chris not only has an impressive CV, his profile reveals a close relationship to @trspalding : Both Chris and Tyler graduated from the University of Illinois and later went to study at the MIT Sloan school of Management.

4/ Most compelling: in 2011 Tyler and Chris cofounded Tastebud Technologies together. Chris left in 2014, while Tyler continued until they were acquired by Raise, where he worked as CTO until founding Flexa in early 2018.

https://bwnews.pr/2LFckHP

5/ After tastebud, Chris got hired by Tesla, where in his 6+ years, he rose to become Manager of Mobile Robot Engineering.

The $TSLA connection gets interesting, if you see it in the light of two posts by @cameron , that caught my eye.

6/ Cameron, cofounder of @Gemini who are Flexa’s strategic partner, put out a post last September, in which he is describing world where cars can accept or spend crypto: https://twitter.com/tyler/status/1309883506315743234

https://twitter.com/tyler/status/1309883506315743234

7/ He doubled down on $TSLA with this post yesterday. His slide a prediction from their 2014 presentation: https://twitter.com/cameron/status/1359534967743725573

https://twitter.com/cameron/status/1359534967743725573

8/ We can only speculate if the two companies are collaborating, but the data points are compelling.

9/ There is another MIT Sloan school of Management alumni from the same era as Tyler and Chris that can be found amongst the ranks of Flexas advisors: Sharat Alankar.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/sharatalankar/