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This whole thing is reminiscent of "IT" to me, when the story about this encounter was going around > Kamen showed it to Steve Jobs, Jeff Bezos and John Doerr.
by furyofantares 1y ago
This whole thing is reminiscent of "IT" to me, when the story about this encounter was going around
> Kamen showed it to Steve Jobs, Jeff Bezos and John Doerr. Bezos reportedly made his "loud, honking laugh" of appreciation. Jobs said it would cause people to re-architect cities and compared its importance to the PC. Doerr likened IT in magnitude to the Internet and then invested in it.
But there were zero public details about what "IT" was. (IT was the Segway.)
https://www.forbes.com/2001/01/18/0118malone.html https://www.forbes.com/2001/01/18/0118malone.html
Speaking of Steve Jobs, I think the reason the "sam and jony" page looks like a wedding announcement crossed with an Apple advertising -- down to the url https://openai.com/sam-and-jony https://openai.com/sam-and-jony (which you should visit if the only thing youve seen is the 'how we met' video TFA is breaking down) -- is because it's trying to frame Sam as Jony's new Steve Jobs.
- vessenes 1y agoArguably the first vc backed company to use guerilla marketing. (I await counter examples) In segways case, not only was it a little underwhelming compared to the buzz, GW Bush flipped headfirst over it during a demo drive. I imagine that had some moderating impact on launch.
- roryirvine 1y ago"I think IT's a hoverboard!", "no, IT's a jetpack!", "no, IT's a Star Trek transporter!"... The speculation about Altman & Ive's new product rhymes perfectly, so it's fair to expect just as great a disappointment when they finally unveil the reality.