Some excerpts from recent Alan Kay emails
Does anyone know what happened to HARC ?  It was announced in May 2016, with Alan Kay&#x27;s involvement and Bret Victor&#x27;s:<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;blog.ycombinator.com&#x2F;harc&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;blog.ycombinator.com&#x2F;harc&#x2F;</a><p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=11679680" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=11679680</a><p>In September &quot;eleVR&quot; said it was leaving YC research:<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;elevr.com&#x2F;elevr-leaving-ycr&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;elevr.com&#x2F;elevr-leaving-ycr&#x2F;</a><p>I presume these e-mail excerpts are inspired by the end of HARC too?  What happened?<p>In the thread about first year reports a couple months ago, someone suspects that funding has ended too.  Also, Bret Victor&#x27;s work and name are conspicuously missing from the first year reports.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=15564072" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=15564072</a><p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;harc.ycr.org&#x2F;reports&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;harc.ycr.org&#x2F;reports&#x2F;</a>