Some thoughts on Accel's $57M Series A Investment in Laravel

Recently, Laravel took a $57M Series A investment from Accel. What might this mean for the future of Laravel – for the future of PHP more generally? I don't have a crystal ball, but thought that I'd share some thoughts, now that it's been a few weeks since the announcement was made.

Links from the episode

• The announcement from Laravel
• Special Announcement - Accel invests $57M into Laravel Products & Open-Source Framework (video)
• A superficial comparison of some of PHP's more well-known frameworks

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