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Block spent –$68M on an event for employees last quarter(sherwood.news)
1 points by billplayfair 11mo ago|1 comments
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by billplayfair 11mo ago
Anyone know what the event was?
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Big Tech is back to doing what it does best: gobbling up startups for billions(sherwood.news)
2 points by billplayfair 2y ago|1 comments
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by billplayfair 2y ago
Hi, I wrote this article and thought HN might be interested! Google just inked its biggest deal ever, Nvidia reportedly bought Gretel, and Meta is chasing an AI chip startup — and that was just in the last week. The flurry of dealmaking cou
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Nvidia made $3.6M of revenue per employee last year, more than Meta/Apple(sherwood.news)
6 points by billplayfair 2y ago|1 comments
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by billplayfair 2y ago
Pretty insane how little the company has scaled its headcount relative to its revenue. Since 2022; revenue is up 385%, headcount is only up 60%.
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Whistleblowers shared a $98M reward, no wonder people are spamming SEC with tips(sherwood.news)
2 points by billplayfair 2y ago|1 comments
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by billplayfair 2y ago
Pretty insane how much money some whistleblowers are getting paid for successful tips to the SEC. Some stats: In fiscal year 2024, the Commission reported getting nearly 25,000 TCRs, some 14,000 of those were from just two people! Largest r
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The slow, steady, frustrating, relentless, remarkable rise of Reddit(sherwood.news)
3 points by billplayfair 2y ago|0 comments
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by billplayfair 2y ago
yeah! they did. Nowhere near to the same extent though, which is interesting (and as you said suggests the majority of YC founders weren’t as enticed by crypto as they are by AI). “In 2022, when “Crypto / Web 3” was the hottest thing t
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by billplayfair 2y ago
$5m inbound at demo day
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Chinese Hackers Breach US Internet Firms via Startup(bloomberg.com)
1 points by billplayfair 2y ago|1 comments
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by billplayfair 2y ago
Apparently Volt Typhoon has breached 4 US firms, including internet service providers.
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75% of founders in the Y Combinator S24 cohort are working on AI startups(sherwood.news)
19 points by billplayfair 2y ago|12 comments
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Duolingo notifications: persistent, annoying, and oh-so-effective(sherwood.news)
2 points by billplayfair 2y ago|1 comments
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by billplayfair 2y ago
Duolingo now has 100 million MAUs
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Getting up close and personal with space junk(theverge.com)
1 points by billplayfair 2y ago|0 comments
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Vision Pro's US sales to drop 76% quarter-on-quarter, per IDC estimates(sherwood.news)
1 points by billplayfair 2y ago|0 comments
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Big tech has now added $3.8T in market cap this year(sherwood.news)
2 points by billplayfair 2y ago|0 comments
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Spreadsheet Superstars(theverge.com)
1 points by billplayfair 2y ago|0 comments
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VW to Build €20k EVs on Its Own, Forgoing Partnerships(bloomberg.com)
20 points by billplayfair 2y ago|24 comments
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by billplayfair 2y ago
From the article: “The German manufacturer plans to unveil its proposals for affordable compact EVs in 2027, it said Tuesday.” If that article is correct, it is insane that the established Western companies are going to take 3 YEARS(!) to e
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AI Startup Co-Founded by David Sacks Officially Launches(bloomberg.com)
9 points by billplayfair 2y ago|4 comments
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by billplayfair 2y ago
Interesting! YC themselves said it was “at least 50%”, but looks like even more than that based on the company tagging in startup directory. Curious how much people think this is (probably all 3): 1) signal value: AI-anything is getting fun