New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: Anyone here from the RethinkDB founding team? Why was it shutdown?

Ask HN: Anyone here from the RethinkDB founding team? Why was it shutdown?
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I am intrigued that a database startup which had some novel ideas to support web apps did not takeoff. Why was the startup shutdown? What were the challenges faced by the team?