- Satirical information web site The Onion was offered to an organization known as World Tetrahedron.
- World Tetrahedron can also be the identify of a fictional evil megacorporation in a long-running Onion gag.
- However it’s an actual firm, and Twilio founder Jeff Lawson seems to be behind it.
Jeff Lawson, the cofounder of cloud computing firm Twilio, seems to have bought the satirical information web site The Onion from G/O Media.
A belief linked to Lawson is behind a San Francisco-based firm known as World Tetrahedron, which shares the identify of a fictional evil megacorporation in a long-running Onion gag, enterprise data present.
G/O Media CEO Jim Spanfeller confirmed the sale of The Onion to World Tetrahedron in an e-mail Thursday to workers, first reported by New York Instances journalist Katie Robertson.
“This firm is made up of 4 digital media veterans with a profound love for The Onion and comedy primarily based content material,” Spanfeller wrote. “The positioning’s new homeowners have agreed to maintain The Onion’s complete workers intact and in Chicago, one thing we insisted be a part of the deal.”
Lawson resigned as Twilio’s CEO in January following a 12 months of deep layoffs and strain from activist traders.
When requested whether or not he had bought The Onion, Lawson performed coy. “What’s The Onion?” he replied. Then, “What’s a Tetrahedron?”
Enterprise Insider was uncertain how to answer these questions.
“Am I speaking to Twilio founder Jeff Lawson or am I simply taking loopy capsules right this moment?” Enterprise Insider’s reporter replied. Lawson didn’t reply.
Lawson’s obvious flip to the enterprise of satirical-news media shocked at the very least one former Twilio worker. When Lawson resigned, “everybody thought he was going to get into politics,” this particular person mentioned.
G/O Media’s spokesperson declined to remark.
