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How Startups Are Using Rolling Options Pools to Attract Talent
In this episode of The Series A Show, Lucas and Luna discuss how early-stage startups are increasingly using rolling options pools—constantly replenishing equity pools—to attract and retain top talent in a hyper-competitive hiring environment. They break down the mechanics of rolling pools, why they're replacing traditional one-time grants, and how this affects cap table math. Using recent data on tech stock rallies (ARKK up 7.2% in five days, PLTR up 18.8%) and the latest mega-round for Together AI ($800M at $8.3B valuation), they explore the talent war driving this innovation. Lucas…
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