> We've raised $17M to build something like git and bait-and-switch it later because VCs only exist to extract value and anything we end up building will be a shadow of a fart of how useful git actually is

FTFY. I don't understand how anyone could think to replace git by raising money. The only way to truly do this is grassroots iteration. You can build the software, but the distribution will never reach the same network size as git before your investors start asking "When do I get my return?"

> Imagine your tools telling you as soon as there are possible merge conflicts between teammates, rather than at the end of the process.

So you're centralizing a fully distributed process because grepping for "<<<<<<<" and asking your teammate the best way to merge is too hard? I thought coding was supposed to be social?

I mean, honestly, go for it and build what you want. I'm all for it! But maybe don't compare it to git. It's tone deaf.