Ngokwalokhu okucashunwe, chaza abasunguli beConfinity. Khombisa imiphumela ngefomethi ehlukaniswe ngamakhoma.
Context:I-PayPal ekuqaleni yasungulwa nguMax Levchin, uPeter Thiel, noLuke Nosek ngoDisemba 1998 njengeConfinity, inkampani eyayithuthukisa isoftware yezokuphepha yamadivayisi aphathwayo. Nokho, ngenxa yokuthi ayiphumelelanga leyo ndlela yebhizinisi, yagxila esikhwameni semali esidijithali. Uhlobo lokuqala lwesistimu yokukhokha nge-elekthronikhi i-PayPal lwasungulwa ngo-1999. NgoMashi 2000, iConfinity yahlangana ne-x.com, inkampani yezinsizakalo zezezimali eziku-inthanethi eyasungulwa ngoMashi 1999 ngu-Elon Musk, uHarris Fricker, uChristopher Payne, no-Ed Ho. UMusk wayenethemba ngempumelelo yesikhathi esizayo yebhizinisi lokudlulisa imali iConfinity eyayilithuthukisa. UMusk noBill Harris, owayengumongameli ngaleso sikhathi kanye ne-CEO ye-X.com, babengavumelani ngempumelelo yesikhathi esizayo yebhizinisi lokudlulisa imali futhi uHarris washiya inkampani ngoMeyi 2000. Ngo-Okthoba walowo nyaka, uMusk wanquma ukuthi i-X.com izophela eminye imisebenzi yayo yasebhange ye-inthanethi futhi igxile ezinkokhelweni. Ngayo leyo nyanga, u-Elon Musk wathathelwa isikhundla nguPeter Thiel njenge-CEO ye-X.com, eyaqanjwa kabusha ngokuthi i-PayPal ngoJuni 2001 futhi yavela emphakathini ngo-2002. I-IPO ye-PayPal yabhaliswa ngaphansi kwe-ticker PYPL ngo-$13 ngesabelo ngasinye futhi yakhiqiza imali engaphezu kuka-$61 million.
UMax Levchin, uPeter Thiel, noLuke Nosek