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I would think Google's argument would only need to be "Uber spent $600M on a 9-month old company". That alone is a huge red-flag, no?
by mikekij 9y ago
I would think Google's argument would only need to be "Uber spent $600M on a 9-month old company". That alone is a huge red-flag, no?
- femto113 9y agoThis--plus there is some evidence that suggests Uber already negotiated to acquire Otto before it even came into existence.
- joering2 9y agoGoogle spent $1600M on a 18-months old company. Youtube starts in April 2005. Is bought by Google October 2006. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_YouTube https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_YouTube
- femto113 9y agoBy that point "the site delivered an average of 100 million video views per day". Otto never delivered anything.
- hm8 9y agoThis is another. Not sure if raising money in itself is a red flag. https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/argo-ai#/entity https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/argo-ai#/entity