Best news possible...
IF (IF, IF) these big guns - one of whom was named as one of Europe's top 100 technology experts - are willing to DEFER their salary until the business is [as they hope] exploding - so as to pour ALL financial resources toward that goal... then their business has that more chance OF exploding.
They know that, they're not stupid, and THE LAST thing they want to do is to shoot themselves in the foot by draining their resourses prematurely just so they can have a little extra money in the meantime.
That means one of THE BEST things that could happen is for them to work for nothing for a while. You've heard of the rare CEO or chairman who puts up a bunch of his own money because he so believes in the company. (And their stock of course runs on the news.) Well, it's sort of like that.
And I personally take the new 8k's phrase about no employment agreement to indicate this is a very real possibility.
Not only that, but how much of their own money might these guys be bringing along with them? To make sure their biggest dream ever works as bigly as they planned? Have you ever thought about that? I have a feeling they collectively have [a lot] more money than I do! - and I know if this were my business and I truly believed in it I would throw all my own resources at it too, if necessary. (Which it may or may not be - only they know.)
THEN once the stock price rises they can raise capital that way (which is why they're going public in the first place). (Not to mention start taking a salary off profits, not by selling shares!)
Best news possible IMHO