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		Jasper_ on May 7, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Tesla reviewing contractors, firing everyone not v... Tesla is a public company founded in 2003, not a startup. It's a year older than Facebook.

nkristoffersen on May 7, 2018 [–]

While it definitely depends once your definition of startup... I bet most people in the automotive industry consider it a “startup”. Especially considering the age of the competition, Tesla is a brand new startup company with hyper growth in its plans.

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