Richard Hendricks is an introverted computer programmer living in the Hacker Hostel start-up incubator with fellow social misfits Big Head, Gilfoyle and Dinesh. They all live under the watch of Erlich, a dotcom millionaire who lets them stay in his house for free – in exchange for a ten percent stake in their projects. After a failed pitch to billionaire venture capitalist Peter Gregory, Richard seems destined to remain at his job at the tech company Hooli, founded by the megalomaniacal Gavin Belson. When Monica, Gregory’s head of operations, and Jared, a Hooli executive, realize the value of Richard’s compression algorithm, a bidding war erupts – with Richard caught in the middle.
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