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w-[1128px] mamabear:w-[744px] babybear:w-[360px]
rounded-md">
<button class="modal__dismiss btn-tertiary h-[40px] w-[40px] p-0 rounded-full indent-0 sign-in-modal__dismiss absolute right-0 cursor-pointer m-[20px]" aria-label="Dismiss" data-tracking-control-name="public_profile_mutual-connections_contextual-sign-in-modal_sign-in-modal_dismiss">
<icon class="sign-in-modal__dismiss-icon" data-delayed-url="https://static.licdn.com/aero-v1/sc/h/gs508lg3t2o81tq7pmcgn6m2"></icon>
</button>
<div class="modal__main w-full ">
<div class="sign-in-modal__screen flex flex-col py-4 px-3 w-[513px] babybear:w-full">
<h2 class="sign-in-modal__header font-sans text-display-md text-color-text">
Welcome back
</h2>
<code id="i18n_sign_in_form_show_text" style="display: none"><!--"Show"--></code>
<code id="i18n_sign_in_form_show_label" style="display: none"><!--"Show your LinkedIn password"--></code>
<code id="i18n_sign_in_form_hide_text" style="display: none"><!--"Hide"--></code>
<code id="i18n_sign_in_form_hide_label" style="display: none"><!--"Hide your LinkedIn password"--></code>
<code id="i18n_username_error_empty" style="display: none"><!--"Please enter an email address or phone number"--></code>
<code id="i18n_username_error_too_long" style="display: none"><!--"Email or phone number must be between 3 to 128 characters"--></code>
<code id="i18n_username_error_too_short" style="display: none"><!--"Email or phone number must be between 3 to 128 characters"--></code>
<code id="i18n_password_error_empty" style="display: none"><!--"Please enter a password"--></code>
<code id="i18n_password_error_too_short" style="display: none"><!--"The password you provided must have at least 6 characters"--></code>
<code id="i18n_password_error_too_long" style="display: none"><!--"The password you provided must have at most 400 characters"--></code>
<form data-id="sign-in-form" action="https://www.linkedin.com/uas/login-submit <view-source:https://www.linkedin.com/uas/login-submit>" method="post" novalidate class="mt-1.5 mb-2">
<input name="loginCsrfParam" value="85b8e444-e6ee-40d5-8be1-543519fa6e3b" type="hidden">
<div class="flex flex-col">
<div class="mt-1.5" data-js-module-id="guest-input">
<div class="flex flex-col">
<label class="input-label mb-1" for="public_profile_mutual-connections_sign-in-modal_session_key">
Email or phone
</label>
<div class="text-input flex">
<input class="text-color-text font-sans text-md outline-0 bg-color-transparent grow" autocomplete="username" id="public_profile_mutual-connections_sign-in-modal_session_key" name="session_key" required type="text">
</div>
</div>
<p class="input-helper mt-1.5" for="public_profile_mutual-connections_sign-in-modal_session_key" role="alert" data-js-module-id="guest-input__message"></p>
</div>
<div class="mt-1.5" data-js-module-id="guest-input">
<div class="flex flex-col">
<label class="input-label mb-1" for="public_profile_mutual-connections_sign-in-modal_session_password">
Password
</label>
<div class="text-input flex">
<input class="text-color-text font-sans text-md outline-0 bg-color-transparent grow" autocomplete="current-password" id="public_profile_mutual-connections_sign-in-modal_session_password" name="session_password" required type="password">
<button aria-live="assertive" data-id="sign-in-form__password-visibility-toggle" class="font-sans text-md font-bold text-color-action z-10 ml-[12px] hover:cursor-pointer" aria-label="Show your LinkedIn password" data-tracking-control-name="public_profile_mutual-connections_contextual-sign-in-modal_sign-in-modal_sign-in-password-visibility-toggle-btn" type="button">Show</button>
</div>
</div>
<p class="input-helper mt-1.5" for="public_profile_mutual-connections_sign-in-modal_session_password" role="alert" data-js-module-id="guest-input__message"></p>
</div>
<input name="session_redirect" value="https://www.linkedin.com/in/maxlevchin" type="hidden">
<!----> </div>
<div data-id="sign-in-form__footer" class="flex justify-between
sign-in-form__footer--full-width">
<a data-id="sign-in-form__forgot-password" class="font-sans text-md font-bold link leading-regular
sign-in-form__forgot-password--full-width" href="https://www.linkedin.com/uas/request-password-reset?trk=public_profile_mutual-connections_contextual-sign-in-modal_sign-in-modal_forgot_password <view-source:https://www.linkedin.com/uas/request-password-reset?trk=public_profile_mutual-connections_contextual-sign-in-modal_sign-in-modal_forgot_password>" data-tracking-control-name="public_profile_mutual-connections_contextual-sign-in-modal_sign-in-modal_forgot_password" data-tracking-will-navigate>Forgot password?</a>
<!---->
<input name="trk" value="public_profile_mutual-connections_contextual-sign-in-modal_sign-in-modal_sign-in-submit" type="hidden">
<button class="btn-md btn-primary flex-shrink-0 cursor-pointer
sign-in-form__submit-btn--full-width" data-id="sign-in-form__submit-btn" data-tracking-control-name="public_profile_mutual-connections_contextual-sign-in-modal_sign-in-modal_sign-in-submit-btn" data-tracking-litms type="submit">
Sign in
</button>
</div>
<div class="sign-in-form__divider left-right-divider pt-2 pb-3">
<p class="sign-in-form__divider-text font-sans text-sm text-color-text px-2">
or
</p>
</div>
</form>
<div class="w-full max-w-[400px] mx-auto">
<div class="google-auth-button">
<!---->
<div class="google-auth-button__placeholder"></div>
</div>
</div>
<!---->
<p class="sign-in-modal__join-now m-auto font-sans text-md text-color-text
mt-2">
New to LinkedIn? <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/signup/public-profile-join?vieweeVanityName=maxlevchin&trk=public_profile_mutual-connections_contextual-sign-in-modal_sign-in-modal_join-link <view-source:https://www.linkedin.com/signup/public-profile-join?vieweeVanityName=maxlevchin&trk=public_profile_mutual-connections_contextual-sign-in-modal_sign-in-modal_join-link>" data-tracking-control-name="public_profile_mutual-connections_contextual-sign-in-modal_sign-in-modal_join-link" data-tracking-will-navigate="true" class="sign-in-modal__join-link">Join now</a>
</p>
</div>
</div>
<!----> </section>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="contextual-sign-in-modal__divider left-right-divider">
<p class="contextual-sign-in-modal__divider-text font-sans text-sm text-color-text px-2">
or
</p>
</div>
<div class="w-full max-w-[400px] mx-auto">
<div class="google-auth-button">
<!---->
<div class="google-auth-button__placeholder"></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<p class="contextual-sign-in-modal__join-now m-auto font-sans text-md text-color-text">
New to LinkedIn? <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/signup/public-profile-join?vieweeVanityName=maxlevchin&trk=public_profile_mutual-connections_contextual-sign-in-modal_join-link <view-source:https://www.linkedin.com/signup/public-profile-join?vieweeVanityName=maxlevchin&trk=public_profile_mutual-connections_contextual-sign-in-modal_join-link>" data-tracking-control-name="public_profile_mutual-connections_contextual-sign-in-modal_join-link" data-tracking-will-navigate="true" class="contextual-sign-in-modal__join-link">Join now</a>
</p>
</div>
</div>
<!----> </section>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</h4>
<div class="top-card-layout__cta-container flex flex-wrap mt-0.5 papabear:mt-0 ml-[-12px]">
<div class="contextual-sign-in-modal top-card-layout__contextual-sign-in-modal flex babybear:flex-auto" data-impression-id="public_profile_top-card_contextual-sign-in-modal">
<button class="contextual-sign-in-modal__outlet-btn cursor-pointer btn-md btn-primary top-card-layout__cta mt-2 ml-1.5 h-auto babybear:flex-auto top-card-layout__cta--primary btn-md btn-primary !text-md" data-tracking-control-name="public_profile_top-card_contextual-sign-in-modal_outlet-button" data-modal="public_profile-top-card-layout__contextual-sign-in-modal">
Sign in to follow
</button>
<div class>
<!---->
<div id="public_profile-top-card-layout__contextual-sign-in-modal" class="modal modal--contextual-sign-in" data-outlet="public_profile-top-card-layout__contextual-sign-in-modal">
<!----> <div class="modal__overlay flex items-center bg-color-background-scrim justify-center fixed bottom-0 left-0 right-0 top-0 opacity-0 invisible pointer-events-none z-[1000] transition-[opacity] ease-[cubic-bezier(0.25,0.1,0.25,1.0)] duration-[0.17s]
py-4
">
<section aria-modal="true" role="dialog" aria-labelledby="public_profile-top-card-layout__contextual-sign-in-modal-modal-header" tabindex="-1" class="max-h-full modal__wrapper overflow-auto p-0 bg-color-surface max-w-[1128px] min-h-[160px] relative scale-[0.25] shadow-sm shadow-color-border-faint transition-[transform] ease-[cubic-bezier(0.25,0.1,0.25,1.0)] duration-[0.33s] focus:outline-0
w-[1128px] mamabear:w-[744px] babybear:w-[360px]
rounded-md">
<button class="modal__dismiss btn-tertiary h-[40px] w-[40px] p-0 rounded-full indent-0
contextual-sign-in-modal__modal-dismiss absolute right-0 m-[20px] cursor-pointer" aria-label="Dismiss" data-tracking-control-name="public_profile_top-card_contextual-sign-in-modal_modal_dismiss">
<icon class="contextual-sign-in-modal__modal-dismiss-icon" data-delayed-url="https://static.licdn.com/aero-v1/sc/h/gs508lg3t2o81tq7pmcgn6m2"></icon>
</button>
<div class="modal__main w-full ">
<div class="contextual-sign-in-modal__screen contextual-sign-in-modal__context-screen flex flex-col my-4 mx-3">
<img class="inline-block relative
rounded-[50%]
w-16 h-16
contextual-sign-in-modal__img m-auto" data-delayed-url="https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/C4E03AQFlmLGSxfTBlg/profile-displayphoto-shrink_800_800/0/1516155447828?e=2147483647&v=beta&t=2P8YtrCXP2lIKE7NXAjGmgr4HriXdPAfzZpljeQVIow" data-ghost-classes="bg-color-entity-ghost-background" data-ghost-url="https://static.licdn.com/aero-v1/sc/h/9c8pery4andzj6ohjkjp54ma2" alt>
<h2 class="contextual-sign-in-modal__context-screen-title font-sans text-xl text-color-text my-2 mx-4 text-center" id="public_profile-top-card-layout__contextual-sign-in-modal-modal-header">
Sign in to view Max’s full profile
</h2>
<!----><!----> <div class="contextual-sign-in-modal__btn-container m-auto w-[320px] babybear:w-full">
<!---->
<div class="sign-in-modal" data-impression-id="public_profile_top-card_contextual-sign-in-modal_sign-in-modal">
<button class="sign-in-modal__outlet-btn cursor-pointer btn-md btn-primary" data-tracking-control-name="public_profile_top-card_contextual-sign-in-modal_sign-in-modal_outlet-button" data-modal="public_profile-top-card-layout__contextual-sign-in-modal_sign-in-modal">
Sign in
</button>
<div class>
<!---->
<div id="public_profile-top-card-layout__contextual-sign-in-modal_sign-in-modal" class="modal modal--sign-in" data-outlet="public_profile-top-card-layout__contextual-sign-in-modal_sign-in-modal">
<!----> <div class="modal__overlay flex items-center bg-color-background-scrim justify-center fixed bottom-0 left-0 right-0 top-0 opacity-0 invisible pointer-events-none z-[1000] transition-[opacity] ease-[cubic-bezier(0.25,0.1,0.25,1.0)] duration-[0.17s]
py-4
">
<section aria-modal="true" role="dialog" aria-labelledby="public_profile-top-card-layout__contextual-sign-in-modal_sign-in-modal-modal-header" tabindex="-1" class="max-h-full modal__wrapper overflow-auto p-0 bg-color-surface max-w-[1128px] min-h-[160px] relative scale-[0.25] shadow-sm shadow-color-border-faint transition-[transform] ease-[cubic-bezier(0.25,0.1,0.25,1.0)] duration-[0.33s] focus:outline-0
w-[1128px] mamabear:w-[744px] babybear:w-[360px]
rounded-md">
<button class="modal__dismiss btn-tertiary h-[40px] w-[40px] p-0 rounded-full indent-0 sign-in-modal__dismiss absolute right-0 cursor-pointer m-[20px]" aria-label="Dismiss" data-tracking-control-name="public_profile_top-card_contextual-sign-in-modal_sign-in-modal_dismiss">
<icon class="sign-in-modal__dismiss-icon" data-delayed-url="https://static.licdn.com/aero-v1/sc/h/gs508lg3t2o81tq7pmcgn6m2"></icon>
</button>
<div class="modal__main w-full ">
<div class="sign-in-modal__screen flex flex-col py-4 px-3 w-[513px] babybear:w-full">
<h2 class="sign-in-modal__header font-sans text-display-md text-color-text">
Welcome back
</h2>
<code id="i18n_sign_in_form_show_text" style="display: none"><!--"Show"--></code>
<code id="i18n_sign_in_form_show_label" style="display: none"><!--"Show your LinkedIn password"--></code>
<code id="i18n_sign_in_form_hide_text" style="display: none"><!--"Hide"--></code>
<code id="i18n_sign_in_form_hide_label" style="display: none"><!--"Hide your LinkedIn password"--></code>
<code id="i18n_username_error_empty" style="display: none"><!--"Please enter an email address or phone number"--></code>
<code id="i18n_username_error_too_long" style="display: none"><!--"Email or phone number must be between 3 to 128 characters"--></code>
<code id="i18n_username_error_too_short" style="display: none"><!--"Email or phone number must be between 3 to 128 characters"--></code>
<code id="i18n_password_error_empty" style="display: none"><!--"Please enter a password"--></code>
<code id="i18n_password_error_too_short" style="display: none"><!--"The password you provided must have at least 6 characters"--></code>
<code id="i18n_password_error_too_long" style="display: none"><!--"The password you provided must have at most 400 characters"--></code>
<form data-id="sign-in-form" action="https://www.linkedin.com/uas/login-submit <view-source:https://www.linkedin.com/uas/login-submit>" method="post" novalidate class="mt-1.5 mb-2">
<input name="loginCsrfParam" value="85b8e444-e6ee-40d5-8be1-543519fa6e3b" type="hidden">
<div class="flex flex-col">
<div class="mt-1.5" data-js-module-id="guest-input">
<div class="flex flex-col">
<label class="input-label mb-1" for="public_profile-top-card-layout__contextual-sign-in-modal_sign-in-modal_session_key">
Email or phone
</label>
<div class="text-input flex">
<input class="text-color-text font-sans text-md outline-0 bg-color-transparent grow" autocomplete="username" id="public_profile-top-card-layout__contextual-sign-in-modal_sign-in-modal_session_key" name="session_key" required type="text">
</div>
</div>
<p class="input-helper mt-1.5" for="public_profile-top-card-layout__contextual-sign-in-modal_sign-in-modal_session_key" role="alert" data-js-module-id="guest-input__message"></p>
</div>
<div class="mt-1.5" data-js-module-id="guest-input">
<div class="flex flex-col">
<label class="input-label mb-1" for="public_profile-top-card-layout__contextual-sign-in-modal_sign-in-modal_session_password">
Password
</label>
<div class="text-input flex">
<input class="text-color-text font-sans text-md outline-0 bg-color-transparent grow" autocomplete="current-password" id="public_profile-top-card-layout__contextual-sign-in-modal_sign-in-modal_session_password" name="session_password" required type="password">
<button aria-live="assertive" data-id="sign-in-form__password-visibility-toggle" class="font-sans text-md font-bold text-color-action z-10 ml-[12px] hover:cursor-pointer" aria-label="Show your LinkedIn password" data-tracking-control-name="public_profile_top-card_contextual-sign-in-modal_sign-in-modal_sign-in-password-visibility-toggle-btn" type="button">Show</button>
</div>
</div>
<p class="input-helper mt-1.5" for="public_profile-top-card-layout__contextual-sign-in-modal_sign-in-modal_session_password" role="alert" data-js-module-id="guest-input__message"></p>
</div>
<input name="session_redirect" value="https://www.linkedin.com/in/maxlevchin" type="hidden">
<!----> </div>
<div data-id="sign-in-form__footer" class="flex justify-between
sign-in-form__footer--full-width">
<a data-id="sign-in-form__forgot-password" class="font-sans text-md font-bold link leading-regular
sign-in-form__forgot-password--full-width" href="https://www.linkedin.com/uas/request-password-reset?trk=public_profile_top-card_contextual-sign-in-modal_sign-in-modal_forgot_password <view-source:https://www.linkedin.com/uas/request-password-reset?trk=public_profile_top-card_contextual-sign-in-modal_sign-in-modal_forgot_password>" data-tracking-control-name="public_profile_top-card_contextual-sign-in-modal_sign-in-modal_forgot_password" data-tracking-will-navigate>Forgot password?</a>
<!---->
<input name="trk" value="public_profile_top-card_contextual-sign-in-modal_sign-in-modal_sign-in-submit" type="hidden">
<button class="btn-md btn-primary flex-shrink-0 cursor-pointer
sign-in-form__submit-btn--full-width" data-id="sign-in-form__submit-btn" data-tracking-control-name="public_profile_top-card_contextual-sign-in-modal_sign-in-modal_sign-in-submit-btn" data-tracking-litms type="submit">
Sign in
</button>
</div>
<div class="sign-in-form__divider left-right-divider pt-2 pb-3">
<p class="sign-in-form__divider-text font-sans text-sm text-color-text px-2">
or
</p>
</div>
</form>
<div class="w-full max-w-[400px] mx-auto">
<div class="google-auth-button">
<!---->
<div class="google-auth-button__placeholder"></div>
</div>
</div>
<!---->
<p class="sign-in-modal__join-now m-auto font-sans text-md text-color-text
mt-2">
New to LinkedIn? <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/signup/public-profile-join?vieweeVanityName=maxlevchin&trk=public_profile_top-card_contextual-sign-in-modal_sign-in-modal_join-link <view-source:https://www.linkedin.com/signup/public-profile-join?vieweeVanityName=maxlevchin&trk=public_profile_top-card_contextual-sign-in-modal_sign-in-modal_join-link>" data-tracking-control-name="public_profile_top-card_contextual-sign-in-modal_sign-in-modal_join-link" data-tracking-will-navigate="true" class="sign-in-modal__join-link">Join now</a>
</p>
</div>
</div>
<!----> </section>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="contextual-sign-in-modal__divider left-right-divider">
<p class="contextual-sign-in-modal__divider-text font-sans text-sm text-color-text px-2">
or
</p>
</div>
<div class="w-full max-w-[400px] mx-auto">
<div class="google-auth-button">
<!---->
<div class="google-auth-button__placeholder"></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<p class="contextual-sign-in-modal__join-now m-auto font-sans text-md text-color-text">
New to LinkedIn? <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/signup/public-profile-join?vieweeVanityName=maxlevchin&trk=public_profile_top-card_contextual-sign-in-modal_join-link <view-source:https://www.linkedin.com/signup/public-profile-join?vieweeVanityName=maxlevchin&trk=public_profile_top-card_contextual-sign-in-modal_join-link>" data-tracking-control-name="public_profile_top-card_contextual-sign-in-modal_join-link" data-tracking-will-navigate="true" class="contextual-sign-in-modal__join-link">Join now</a>
</p>
</div>
</div>
<!----> </section>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<!----> </div>
</div>
<div class="top-card-layout__entity-info flex-grow flex-shrink-0 basis-0 babybear:flex-none babybear:w-full
top-card-layout__entity-info--right-column ml-details-container-padding max-w-[288px] babybear:my-2 babybear:ml-0">
<div class="top-card__links-container">
<div data-section="currentPositionsDetails" class="top-card__right-column-link top-card__position-info with-transition">
<a class="top-card-link top-card-link--link" href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/affirm?trk=public_profile_topcard-current-company <view-source:https://www.linkedin.com/company/affirm?trk=public_profile_topcard-current-company>" target="_self" data-tracking-control-name="public_profile_topcard-current-company" data-tracking-will-navigate>
<img class="artdeco-entity-image artdeco-entity-image--square-1
top-card-link__logo" data-delayed-url="https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/C560BAQEHSbORvS_jKg/company-logo_100_100/0/1630665839795/affirm_logo?e=2147483647&v=beta&t=dUNwcWoj98QE8vDqiOITkraHFfCIKjSIEzLdAQB5dgs" data-ghost-classes="artdeco-entity-image--ghost" data-ghost-url="https://static.licdn.com/aero-v1/sc/h/aajlclc14rr2scznz5qm2rj9u" alt="Affirm, Inc.">
<span class="top-card-link__description">
Affirm, Inc.
<!----> </span>
</a>
</div>
<!----> <div data-section="educationsDetails" class="top-card__right-column-link top-card__education-info with-transition">
<div class="top-card-link">
<img class="artdeco-entity-image artdeco-entity-image--square-1
artdeco-entity-image--ghost top-card-link__logo" data-delayed-url="https://static.licdn.com/aero-v1/sc/h/8zzzkhxduv0r11cuxbs48pg03" data-ghost-classes="artdeco-entity-image--ghost" data-ghost-url="https://static.licdn.com/aero-v1/sc/h/8zzzkhxduv0r11cuxbs48pg03" alt="University of lllinois in Urbana-Champaign">
<span class="top-card-link__description">
University of lllinois in Urbana-Champaign
<!----> </span>
</div>
</div>
<div data-section="websites" class="top-card__right-column-link top-card__websites with-transition">
<div class>
<button class="modal__outlet " data-tracking-control-name="public_profile_websites-modal-outlet" data-modal="default-outlet">
<div class="top-card-link websites">
<img data-delayed-url="https://static.licdn.com/aero-v1/sc/h/9o8qqup6da04vhqijz8ft1j5g" class="top-card-link__logo top-card-link__logo--link-icon artdeco-entity-image artdeco-entity-image--square-1" alt="Websites" aria-hidden="true">
<span class="top-card-link__description">
Websites
<!----> </span>
</div>
</button>
<div id="websites" class="modal " data-outlet="default-outlet">
<!----> <div class="modal__overlay flex items-center bg-color-background-scrim justify-center fixed bottom-0 left-0 right-0 top-0 opacity-0 invisible pointer-events-none z-[1000] transition-[opacity] ease-[cubic-bezier(0.25,0.1,0.25,1.0)] duration-[0.17s]
py-4
">
<section aria-modal="true" role="dialog" aria-labelledby="websites-modal-header" tabindex="-1" class="max-h-full modal__wrapper overflow-auto p-0 bg-color-surface max-w-[1128px] min-h-[160px] relative scale-[0.25] shadow-sm shadow-color-border-faint transition-[transform] ease-[cubic-bezier(0.25,0.1,0.25,1.0)] duration-[0.33s] focus:outline-0
w-[1128px] mamabear:w-[744px] babybear:w-[360px]
rounded-md">
<header class="modal__header flex items-center justify-between py-1.5 px-3
">
<h2 id="websites-modal-header" class="modal__title font-normal leading-open text-color-text text-lg">Websites</h2>
<button class="modal__dismiss modal__dismiss--with-icon btn-tertiary h-[40px] w-[40px] p-0 rounded-full indent-0
" aria-label="Dismiss" data-tracking-control-name="public_profile_websites-modal-dismiss" type="button">
<icon class="modal__dismiss-icon relative top-[2px]" data-delayed-url="https://static.licdn.com/aero-v1/sc/h/gs508lg3t2o81tq7pmcgn6m2"></icon>
</button>
<!----> </header>
<div class="modal__main w-full ">
<dl class="websites__list">
<div class="websites__list-row">
<dt class="websites__list-item websites__name">Personal Website</dt>
<dd class="websites__list-item websites__url">
<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/redir/redirect?url=http%3A%2F%2Flevchin%2Ecom&urlhash=fqzN&trk=public_profile_website <view-source:https://www.linkedin.com/redir/redirect?url=http%3A%2F%2Flevchin%2Ecom&urlhash=fqzN&trk=public_profile_website>" target="_blank" data-tracking-control-name="public_profile_website" data-tracking-will-navigate>
<span class="websites__url-text">
http://levchin.com
</span><img alt="External link" aria-hidden="true" class="websites__link-external-icon" data-delayed-url="https://static.licdn.com/aero-v1/sc/h/8w0vew433o9nluoruq9k5eqy">
</a>
</dd>
</div>
<div class="websites__list-row">
<dt class="websites__list-item websites__name">Company Website</dt>
<dd class="websites__list-item websites__url">
<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/redir/redirect?url=http%3A%2F%2Faffirm%2Ecom&urlhash=RBKS&trk=public_profile_website <view-source:https://www.linkedin.com/redir/redirect?url=http%3A%2F%2Faffirm%2Ecom&urlhash=RBKS&trk=public_profile_website>" target="_blank" data-tracking-control-name="public_profile_website" data-tracking-will-navigate>
<span class="websites__url-text">
http://affirm.com
</span><img alt="External link" aria-hidden="true" class="websites__link-external-icon" data-delayed-url="https://static.licdn.com/aero-v1/sc/h/8w0vew433o9nluoruq9k5eqy">
</a>
</dd>
</div>
<div class="websites__list-row">
<dt class="websites__list-item websites__name">Company Website</dt>
<dd class="websites__list-item websites__url">
<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/redir/redirect?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Ehvflabs%2Ecom&urlhash=vsLH&trk=public_profile_website <view-source:https://www.linkedin.com/redir/redirect?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Ehvflabs%2Ecom&urlhash=vsLH&trk=public_profile_website>" target="_blank" data-tracking-control-name="public_profile_website" data-tracking-will-navigate>