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Instead of calling OP ignorant, can you help us with world-leading tech companies that are not in the US? I can think of Tencent from China in terms of company
by temporalparts 6y ago
Instead of calling OP ignorant, can you help us with world-leading tech companies that are not in the US?
I can think of Tencent from China in terms of company valuation, but my impression is that Tencent's dominance is confined to China instead of the world.
- m_mueller 6y agoI’ll bite: Leadership in chip manufacturing is firmly in TSMC’s hands. Chip design is dominated by ARM and Qualcomm. Display tech by Samsung and LG. Today, if you have an idea for a new gadget and you need fast prototyping, you’re far better off setting up shop in Shenzen than San Jose. I’ll give you one thing: When it comes to software, by far SV has still the most influence. But when you include the whole tech space I think one should differentiate.
- presentation 6y agoNot saying you're wrong, but isn't Qualcomm an American company?
- m_mueller 6y agoyou could say that, but certainly not an SV company.
- splittingTimes 6y agoI would even add that only a handful of companies out of SV did add real societal value and many of them with their dark engagement patterns are even detrimental.
- meheleventyone 6y agoSpotify came from Sweden. Not sure they’re a world leading tech company but they definitely fit the SV startup mould.
- nmfisher 6y agoThere's dozens already listed - but just to name a few off the top of my head - ARM, TSMC, Spotify, Sony, Nintendo, DJI, TikTok (ByteDance), Atlassian, Skype (pre-MS), Canva, Nubank. And that's also ignoring the dozens of Chinese companies that dwarf their US counterparts but don't really do much outside China (Ant/Alibaba/Jingdong/DiDi/etc). "Only the US can produce world-leading tech companies" is the type of thing you say when you get all your news from TechCrunch and have never been outside the US.