Founder Removal

At 8:20, she would announce a major enterprise pilot that had been waiting in legal review. At 8:31, if the leak hit, it would look stale. "Where do I get the pilot?" Priya asked. "You already have it." "We have four stalled." "Which one has legal language about burst capacity during regional cloud outages?" Her eyes sharpened. "Mariner Health." "Healthcare buyer, AI imaging, politically clean, urgent compute need. Announce letter of intent, not contract. Enough to change the frame." Priya did not ask how he knew. That was either discipline or fear. At 8:05 the next morning, her founder letter landed in investor inboxes. At 8:21, HelixGrid announced the Mariner Health letter of intent.