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> That's the difference of a founder-led company vs. market led. Are they really so different? Facebook throws things at the wall, even expensive things witho
by michaelt 2y ago
> That's the difference of a founder-led company vs. market led.
Are they really so different?
Facebook throws things at the wall, even expensive things without a clear path to profitability, such as Llama.
Google throws things at the wall, even expensive things without a clear path to profitability, such as waymo, google glass, google fiber, stadia, and everything on https://killedbygoogle.com https://killedbygoogle.com
Facebook made a big companywide re-orientation to deliver a vision that flopped - the metaverse.
Google made a big companywide re-orientation to deliver a vision that flopped - google plus.
Facebook renamed themselves to Meta. Google renamed themselves to Alphabet.
Facebook has an AI research division founded by a French-American computer science professor and Turing award winner. Google has an AI research division founded by a British-Canadian computer science professor and Turing award winner.
Facebook released a widely used open source Python ML library with a camelcase name, PyTorch. Google released a widely used open source Python ML library with a camelcase name, TensorFlow.
Perhaps they're following the same playbook, it's just luck that Facebook's gambles paid off recently.
- killerstorm 2y agoWell, Meta is not as arbitrary with closing projects. Google closes things which are getting traction, that's a really disturbing aspect of interna politics and incentives Also you mixed up tensorflow and pytorch.
- Mikefox2k 2y agoafaik tensorflow is by google brain team and pytorch is by FAIR (Facebook AI Research)