The first thing I would do is remove all references here to the names of the companies involved.
You can still get the benefit of Hacker News advice while keeping the parties anonymous... but by naming everyone, you open up several cans of worms (they could sue you for defamation, they could learn how you're thinking about this and what your resources are, this could get posted to TechCrunch in a way that hurts your chances of a settlement, etc.).
You can still get the benefit of Hacker News advice while keeping the parties anonymous... but by naming everyone, you open up several cans of worms (they could sue you for defamation, they could learn how you're thinking about this and what your resources are, this could get posted to TechCrunch in a way that hurts your chances of a settlement, etc.).