what are some examples of founders who built an open protocol *and* a VC-funded startup?

farcaster is my first exposure to such a valiant attempt, and I’m wondering who else did this historically (both successfully and not as successfully)

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Have you heard of embrace, extend, extinguish

Have you heard of embrace, extend, extinguish  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace,_extend,_and_extinguish

I wasn’t sure how to define this either 😅 maybe somehow satisfying users of both camps?