This Week in Startups · Monday, August 31, 2026
The discussion highlights two notable "side quests": Hugging Face launching Microduct, which has already received 10,000 orders, and David Hanmeier Hansen (DHH) raising $6-8 million for the Omacom Foundation, a new Linux desktop initiative. These ventures are presented as examples of affluent individuals redeploying capital.
“I noticed the Hugging Face team launched a side quest. Microduct. Yes. They have 10,000 orders from Microduct.”
“And then, uh, friend of the pod, David Hanmeier Hansen, at DHH, not only did he start a side quest. We'll show on the screen in a second as well, for a Linux desktop that is like his passion. He raised $6 million and I think he got it to $8 million.”
“Eight people gave him $1 million each in order to start like a Linux desktop foundation. It's called the Omacom Foundation.”