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192 points liurenju | 3 comments | 03 Sep 25 18:38 UTC | HN request time: 0.41s | source
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CyberMacGyver ◴[03 Sep 25 20:45 UTC] No.45120228[source]▶
At this rate it’s better to start a company and get aquihired vs applying and getting hired.

Seems like OpenAI speed ran through the Facebook phase and are out of ideas

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kridsdale3 ◴[03 Sep 25 21:00 UTC] No.45120368[source]▶
Au contraire, based on their recent hires, they're just beginning their Facebook phase. Expect to see a lot of ads 2 years from now, and expect to see a LOT of money being made by the company a year after that.

If they can maintain runway until then.

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1. morkalork ◴[03 Sep 25 23:22 UTC] No.45121451[source]▶
Who will pull the ads trigger first, OpenAI or Google I wonder. Whoever leads could lose a lot of users to the other, but they will soon follow.
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2. vineyardmike ◴[03 Sep 25 23:32 UTC] No.45121539[source]▶
Definitely OpenAI. They’re not profitable and their core product is expensive to serve. They also have the disadvantage that their better models and features (eg agents, research, CoT, etc) are more expensive, but are better hooks to prove utility to new users - fundamentally they need a method to cheapen the cost of serving free users better features. Google can afford to see how it shakes out and the impact to OpenAI.

OpenAI already exploring and experimenting with different ad modalities privately. They’re also have a much better brand, so they might be able to avoid too much churn of customers.

3. kelvinjps10 ◴[04 Sep 25 01:06 UTC] No.45122273[source]▶
Gemini can already sponsor other Google products like Google docs sheets and youtube