They never claimed their stack was startup-like, just the process. They are likely contrasting it with their usual[0] engineering practices: no focus-grouping,

They never claimed their stack was startup-like, just the process. They are likely contrasting it with their usual[0] engineering practices: no focus-grouping, applying for headcount from 3 directors and making a 4-year roadmap after a gaggle of project managers finally agree on what to build. Perhaps its just one decision-maker and bunch if empowered engineers and no red tape - which would be very much be closer to startups, without denying themselves access to humongous datacenters. 0. Exaggerating some of the bureaucracy I've seen in larger orgs