Chapter 556
In her previous life, exactly five years later in May 2019, Javenaire had bared its fangs and imposed a total technological blockade on Mavaria.
The sudden loss of Android updates and mobile services had devastated the domestic market.
Luckily, Vanguard’s OS was ready.
By August of that year, Vanguard Systems officially launched Aegis OS to the public, saving the industry.
A year later, they upgraded to Aegis OS 2.0 and made it open-source for smaller terminals.
History had taught a bloody lesson: falling behind meant being slaughtered.
In this life, Mira had initiated Project Aegis three years early.
This would ensure Mavaria’s tech industry wouldn’t be strangled by foreign powers.
But developing an operating system was infinitely more complex than a video game. Solflare alone didn’t have the bandwidth.
It was a brutal race against time and a Western world that had a massive head start. Time was market share. Time was the future economy.
Every second counted.
Owen had aggressively headhunted global talent, but they still only had about a hundred engineers.
In her past life, the project started with over four hundred developers and scaled to four thousand.
Solflare simply didn’t have the capital or the manpower to sustain that kind of burn rate.
“Owen, it’s time to partner with Vanguard Systems p>
Mira declared, making a bold executive decision.
Two of the three core architects of Aegis OS WCL and Reginald Frost, were currently at Vanguard. Mira had only managed to poagh Caleb Brooks before Vanguard snapped everyone else up.
Research and development required an endless supply of top-tier talent and bottomless funding.
Solflare had the money for now, but their talent pool was dreadfully shallow.
Vanguard possessed both in spades.
“Same rules apply. We maintain a controlling stake of fifty-one percent p>
She had considered partnering with
been power, but Selflare hadn’t
erful enough to demand a
seat at the table.
Now, after swallowing Porter Entertainment Solflare had
skyrocketed in valuation Combined. with their R&D breakthroughs.
Mira was confident that Reginald Frost-Vanguard’s visionary CEO and a fierce patriot—would agree to her terms.
She would leave the negotiations to Owen and simply sign the papers when she arrived in Aethelgard for university.
It was late into the night when she finalized her plans. Suddenly, her phone buzzed. It was Lenny.
“Lenny, you’re up late p>
“Boss, we found Norman’s surviving son. He says he has an urgent message for you p>