‘Silicon Valley’: Winklevoss Twins to Make Cameo Appearance in Debut Episode

The Winklevoss twins will make a brief appearance in the debut episode of Season 2 of "Silicon Valley."

The brothers - best known for suing Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg - will join other famous, real-life tech experts such as Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel, who will also appear in an upcoming episode, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss reportedly earned $65 million in a settlement after their legal battle with Zuckerberg. The duo helped to create the most-popular social networking platform.

"Silicon Valley" is based on a startup business that catapulted because of a product by the name of Pied Piper. Richard Hendrix (Thomas Middleditch) presents his creation to his current bosses at fictional tech company Hooli, but his idea is rejected.

He decides to go down a different path and start his own business, and that's when his former colleagues learn of the potential of the product's "revolutionary data compression algorithm," according to People.

The show is based on Hendrix's ex-bosses' attempts to steal his ideas and make them their own, with hopes to acquire the product for their billion-dollar company.

Essentially, it's one man against them all.

Spiegel and the Winklevoss twins aren't the only techies who have appeared on "Silicon Valley." Google chairman Eric Schmidt and TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington made an appearance in Season 1.

It is unclear how the Winklevosses will fit into the plot or if they will learn of Pied Piper, but the only clear information about their roles is that the Bitcoin supporters will be playing themselves.

The show received both an Emmy and Golden Globe nomination for the first season.

"Silicon Valley" premieres April 12 at 10 p.m. EDT on HBO.

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