Becoming A Tech Tycoon Begins With Regression novel Chapter 44

Chapter 44: 107.8 Million

Google’s board sat for their third meeting this month, the subject being one they had discussed twice already.

OmniTech and Sentinel.

This individual came out of nowhere, discovered fifteen vulnerabilities in their systems and offered them first bite of a golden cake known as Sentinel but they had hesitated.

No, they didn’t hesitate, they got greedy. They wanted the whole cake, including its recipe, for themselves and now, there was a chance that even the offered slice could be snatched away.

Eric sat with both elbows on the table and both hands clasped above his lips as he watched OmniTech Corp’s market valuation rise by the minute.

The company, with only a single product, was now worth 100 million and rising. Compared to Google’s hundreds of billions, OmniTech’s worth was nothing to be considered.

But one had to remember that this was a company that was unknown until a week ago and only the promise of what their product could do had skyrocketed their value.

Well, it was more than a promise since OmniTech Corp had more than proven the capabilities of Sentinel during the launch announcement, so it made sense that everyone wanted a piece of it.

Eric’s eyes moved to the stock ticker again, noticing the value had changed again.

OmniTech Corp: $103.2 million.

With a sigh, he turned to Amelia who, for the first time since the previous two meetings, was sitting just like the executives.

Although she wasn’t exactly a share holder, she was an important enough employee for the other executives to not have an issue with her sitting there.

Besides, she had been one of the few who opposed Project Requiem, and now that replicating Sentinel had proven nearly impossible, although they’d never admit, many wished they had heeded her warnings.

Even if they could replicate the software, it wouldn’t matter now since Sentinel had built up enough hype to overshadow any clone inferior to it and from what their team had achieved so far, ’an inferior clone’ might be an understatement.

"Did OmniTech contact you again?" Eric asked.

"Not since he sent us a message informing that he knew what we were trying to do to his demo," Amelia shook her head as she answered.

Eric went silent again, contemplating the weight of their situation.

This wasn’t ideal in the least bit, their deal with the government was still pending and Sentinel being released now as a better option would jeopardize said deal.

"Every major enterprise is waiting for the public release," one of the executives suddenly said, as he looked at the ever changing numbers through his tablet. "Hell, even some of our subsidiaries are on the waitlist."

Eric closed his eyes briefly, pressing his knuckles against his mouth.

Of course they were.

What company wouldn’t want a cyber security software capable of preemptively identifying breaches before they even occurred?

Sentinel was, software of the future, the next big thing and everyone knew it, so they were all rushing for that single slice.

"What if we try.... absorbing them?" Mr. Grayson suggested.

It seemed like he hadn’t completely given up on his idea of Sentinel Google’s property. So what if they couldn’t copy the code, all they had to do was offer enough to buy OmniTech out.

His thinking was simple—offer OmniTech Corp a sum they couldn’t refuse, acquire Sentinel under Google’s banner, and watch as the company’s valuation soared, boosting both the worth of his shares and the dividends he collected.

But unlike the previous meeting—where Nathaniel, who held significant sway over some board members, had been present—this one was held in his absence, allowing most of the board to finally think for themselves.

"I advise we drop that idea Mr. Grayson," Mrs. Patel, as usual, denied Grayson’s suggestion, "we all saw how your previous idea turned out, project Requiem ended up being a waste of money and resources."

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