I don't think there is any mystery about it. The shutdown date you refer to is based on your own assumptions. My assumptions say it isn't overly expensive to finance a mantle of legitimacy while selling the resultant micro basis shares on the open market. If it were so, the shutdown date would have come and gone a long time ago.
If there is funding, it is merely to the same ends as have been supported to date, which do not include the sale of a successful product. Not necessary for supporting the business model.
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