I&#x27;ve asked Sam Altman (President of Y Combinator) if they are going to do anything about it.  That is &quot;shouldn&#x27;t early employees, investing their under-market salary&#x2F;time receive the same conditions&#x2F;protection of their investments as VCs?&quot;<p>He had said - &quot;Yes!&quot;<p>See: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=10361451" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=10361451</a><p>I hope that any under-the-market-salary investments from employees would start getting the same treatment as any other investors money (e.g. dilution cap, not vesting cliff).