I'm the one who is trying to automate programmers away . . .

Really? And you sure, once money is on the table, magically the priorities onto who is getting the money wouldn't change?

It didn't during our last exit.

It's not. If you are getting zero (or virtually zero) pay, you are a founder, not an employee. Founders usually get equal split.

It's never too early to remember that in a startup the decision to get fired depends mostly on the emotional state of a founder. That there is no process in place. It's random. If you do get fired, you have a good chance of ruining your carrier, not being able to get a good reference from your last place of work, wasting opportunities.