Too Late to Hold Me Back novel Chapter 556

In her previous life, exactly five years later in May 2019, Javenaire had bared its fangs and imposed a total technological blockade on Mavaria.

The sudden loss of Android updates and mobile services had devastated the domestic market.

Luckily, Vanguard's OS was ready.

By August of that year, Vanguard Systems officially launched Aegis OS to the public, saving the industry.

A year later, they upgraded to Aegis OS 2.0 and made it open-source for smaller terminals.

History had taught a bloody lesson: falling behind meant being slaughtered.

In this life, Mira had initiated Project Aegis three years early.

This would ensure Mavaria's tech industry wouldn't be strangled by foreign powers.

But developing an operating system was infinitely more complex than a video game. Solflare alone didn't have the bandwidth.

It was a brutal race against time and a Western world that had a massive head start.

Time was market share. Time was the future economy.

Every second counted.

Owen had aggressively headhunted global talent, but they still only had about a hundred engineers.

In her past life, the project started with over four hundred developers and scaled to four thousand.

She had considered partnering with Vanguard earlier, but Solflare hadn't been powerful enough to demand a seat at the table.

Now, after swallowing Porter Entertainment, Solflare had skyrocketed in valuation. Combined with their R&D breakthroughs.

Mira was confident that Reginald Frost—Vanguard's visionary CEO and a fierce patriot—would agree to her terms.

She would leave the negotiations to Owen and simply sign the papers when she arrived in Aethelgard for university.

It was late into the night when she finalized her plans. Suddenly, her phone buzzed. It was Lenny.

"Lenny, you're up late."

"Boss, we found Norman's surviving son. He says he has an urgent message for you."