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Scale Ruins Everything

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175 points drc500free | 2 comments | 14 Oct 24 17:34 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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daxfohl ◴[14 Oct 24 20:15 UTC] No.41841448[source]▶
Given that we've been throwing cash at every conceivable idea for the last ten plus years, yet when speaking of unicorns we still have to refer back to airbnb and uber, seems like we're well past "peak unicorn" and well into the "horse with a mild concussion" era.
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MichaelZuo ◴[14 Oct 24 22:37 UTC] No.41842899[source]▶
That’s a pretty good point.

Are there any, at least somewhat credible, unicorns that have appeared over the last 5 years?

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1. al_borland ◴[14 Oct 24 22:59 UTC] No.41843106[source]▶
Does OpenAI count? Founded 8 years ago, but have completely blown up in the last couple years.
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2. MichaelZuo ◴[14 Oct 24 23:24 UTC] No.41843269[source]▶
Ehh that’s pretty iffy, since I think they were already worth more than a billion dollars well before Oct. 2019…