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KittyHawk is not an Alphabet startup. It is no affiliated with Alphabet. The title is misleading.
by js3dev 9y ago
KittyHawk is not an Alphabet startup. It is no affiliated with Alphabet. The title is misleading.
- ape4 9y agoAnother article on HN today says it has personal funding from Larry Page. ie not Alphabet.
- tantalor 9y agoSource for that: http://www.businessinsider.com/google-cofounder-larry-page-funding-owns-flying-car-companies-zee-aero-kitty-hawk-2016-6 http://www.businessinsider.com/google-cofounder-larry-page-f... "not clear how much"
- morinted 9y agoTitle should definitely be updated. Furthermore, as far as I can tell it should be "Kitty Hawk" not "KittyHawk" [https://kittyhawk.aero/ https://kittyhawk.aero/]
- rovr138 9y agoThe <title> has it as 'Kittyhawk' but the footer says 'Kitty Hawk' and the terms say 'Kitty Hawk Corporation'
- KKKKkkkk1 9y agoKudos to Ruth Porat for making sure that Google's founders use their personal money to fund personal side projects.
- jhall1468 9y agoWhat? They've funded side projects in addition to Google X doing there thing for many years. You think the CFO gets to tell the CEO what to do? She brought in meaningful changes (namely, not throwing money around like it's nothing). But trying to weirdly give her credit for this being a non-Alphabet company is... weird.
- sctb 9y agoYes. We've updated the title from the submitted “Alphabet stealth startup KittyHawk product debut: An Autonomous Air Taxi Service”.