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I remember when this launched and people on here were ragging on it, because it seemingly used the most naïve NLP imaginable and seemed to be getting hype simpl
by defen 14y ago
I remember when this launched and people on here were ragging on it, because it seemingly used the most naïve NLP imaginable and seemed to be getting hype simply because the founder was 15. I never used the app, so I'm curious what the story behind this acquisition is. Did it get a lot better? Did Yahoo! get snowed (seems unlikely)? Talent acquisition?
- ronnier 14y agoThis? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4727321 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4727321
- defen 14y agoThat's the conversation I was thinking of, yes.
- notahacker 14y agoHN certainly wasn't the only one ragging on Summly. http://gizmodo.com/5830076/how-i-made-a-15+year+old-app-developer-cry http://gizmodo.com/5830076/how-i-made-a-15+year+old-app-deve... d'Aloisio seems to have a attracted disproportionate mainstream press coverage and and unusually critical tech press attention considering his app's relatively low budget and short life, even for a youngster. Being expensively acquihired by Yahoo might not change that, but I guess the monetary reward at 17 gives him the last laugh