Intent to move Ascender to Zorina with dedicated headcount; stays under Justin for now

Situation

Peter decided the direction for Ascender (and Ascender Pro; Ledger Pro pending a Bjorn confirmation): move it under Zorina as a clean, dedicated product home, with headcount Peter has secured for Zorina to hire a team (Bay-Area-first, lightly). For now Ascender remains under Justin — NOT Nathan — and the move to Zorina is directional intent, not yet executed. Larry and Jimmy (original engineers) move to sales-support under Bjorn. Intent is to productize Ascender like any other shippable product rather than leave it an orphan.

Reasoning

The driver is clean, unambiguous ownership — Zorina's past frustration was others owning pieces of it, so Peter is resolving that ("I will not play a game of I own it and somebody else is telling me what to do with it"). Ascender was nearly killed ~5 months ago; Bjorn's sell-it-first bet paid off and it sells well, so the call flipped from cut-it to resource-it-properly. Bay-Area-first hiring is a light thumb on the scale tied to Peter's standing want for a Bay Area office, explicitly not a hard constraint. Peter clarified this is an intent to move; current home remains Justin for now.

Additional Context

Correction from Peter: the prior 5/26 decision framed Ascender as moving to the Nathan org; that is not the current state. As of now Ascender is under Justin, and the decision is the directional intent to move it to Zorina (who begins hiring the dedicated headcount). Ledger Pro inclusion still to be confirmed with Bjorn.

Observed Evidence

Justin 1:1 6/12: intent to move Ascender back to Zorina, Peter has headcount, Zorina to hire Bay-Area-first; Larry/Jimmy to sales support; "make this a real product we sell and put on the shelf." Brianne DM 6/9: "Zorina is going to own that headcount... she will hire for it." Justin DM 6/9: Ascender currently in Justin world, can move if desired.

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