@ordos Here is a hypothetical (not really) perspective, that some here may not realize:
1. The technology that Pyrogenesis is about to commercialize, including and especially via HPQ silicon, will take away a significant portion of the market currently taken up by "dinosaur" companies which haven't changed their approach in decades. May be even put out of business. They cannot really do anything without reverting to "alternative" methods to influence the situation. They do not have the time of a few years to decade(s) to catch up on technology at this point to remain competitive enough
2. CEO of this company wants it succeed in a very big way and the progress towards that success is obvious and clear, although not as fast as some may want it to be. He is also by far the biggest shareholder. As influential industry "dinosaurs" who are under threat of extinction the most logical "alternative" approach is to target the CEO in this case, clearly, which if successful can both affect the company and / or make the stock cheap enough to acquire significant share. Spending a few millions under threat of losing billions is logical, if one is not shy of using the "alternative" methods.
In this perspective what is happening is clear.