CEO of Banjo admitted to being a Neo-Nazi skinhead in his youth

Post by dlgeek » Tue, Apr 28, 2020, 3:31 PM UTC

mdszy wrote: post #20

z9e wrote: post #16

Ouch. I'm sure this will destroy him financially and his reputation, but what if he actually turned his life around and is completely ashamed of this past? I don't want to come off like I support his past whatsoever, because I don't, but I feel there's no forgiveness left in our society to give people like this a second chance. I guess I just believe people can change for the better and I want to encourage that more,…

A CEO of a surveillance company clearly has not turned their life around.

Post by pbhjpbhj » Tue, Apr 28, 2020, 3:35 PM UTC

aeqas wrote: post #14

It's hard to judge someone for doing something stupid at 17 when there's adverse influences around them. But Damien Patton wasn't 17 when he did this- https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/z3bgky/banjo-ai-used-secr... That should be illegal. Are there not any laws against this?

Post by throwawaybanjo1 » Tue, Apr 28, 2020, 3:35 PM UTC

rvz wrote: post #18

> He says he became a self-taught crime scene investigator and then learned to code. Eventually, Patton helped build the digital infrastructure of what would become Banjo, a company that, in the past decade, has raised nearly $223 million, according to the investment data-sharing platform SharesPost, from prominent venture capital firms such as SoftBank. Interesting and somewhat horrifying. Maybe SoftBank failed to d…

Post by cultus » Tue, Apr 28, 2020, 3:36 PM UTC

break_the_bank wrote: post #23

rvz wrote: post #18

> He says he became a self-taught crime scene investigator and then learned to code. Eventually, Patton helped build the digital infrastructure of what would become Banjo, a company that, in the past decade, has raised nearly $223 million, according to the investment data-sharing platform SharesPost, from prominent venture capital firms such as SoftBank. Interesting and somewhat horrifying. Maybe SoftBank failed to d…

It wouldn't be the first time SoftBank failed to do due diligence on the business that they invested in.

Post by fortran77 » Tue, Apr 28, 2020, 3:36 PM UTC

forgot_user1234 wrote: post #24

When reached for comment, Patton wrote: "32 years ago I was a lost, scared, and vulnerable child. I won’t go into detail, but the reasons I left home at such a young age are unfortunately not unique; I suffered abuse in every form. I did terrible things and said despicable and hateful things, including to my own Jewish mother, that today I find indefensibly wrong, and feel extreme remorse for. I have spent most of my…