Gilfoyle creates a presentation to persuade Richard to create Piper coin or Pied Piper's own cryptocurrency so they can become independent of venture capitalist funding.

Richard heads to Peter Gregory to pick up his check but isn't prepared with all the necessary business documents for his startup.

Dr. Stonehill wants to set up his own shop and partner with John Crowley because he feels that John will value his work more than the universities he has been working with. Dr. Stonehill creates a compelling case for John to join the venture: The doctor just might be able to save his children's lives.

Pied Piper is missing its mark on daily active users. Richard contemplates shutting down the company but the next day Pied Piper gains over 7,000 new users. Everyone celebrates but Jared is actually secretly buying users from a click farm.

Monica gifts Richard with a framed picture of the text message he sent her, but Richard discovers a comma missing in the picture. Richard sent four but Monica only received three. He realizes this means the message being sent is bypassing encryption because their AI broke it.