They get this big by buying up that many successful startups. I don't know about microsoft because it was for my time but Amazon bought Kiva Systems and now it

They get this big by buying up that many successful startups. I don't know about microsoft because it was for my time but Amazon bought Kiva Systems and now it is called Amazon Robotics. This ensures Amazon is the only company able to extract value from Kiva's robotics. Their robots drive the inventory around in fulfillment centers where order get picked on a rate of 300 per hour. Because they had a double frog leap on the competition Kivy would probably have IPOed by now. All of the technology companies have a specialized VC arm which rake up extraordinary talent before they become a competitor. Whatsapp was build with 12 engineers when they hit 1 billion users. FANG have a talent kartel.