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sniffers ◴[] No.45127286[source]
Building Dia was such a colossal mistake, and the folks running TBCNY seem to not understand. They believe they are reinventing the wheel, and every time I hear them talk I cringe.
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whalesalad ◴[] No.45127572[source]
Selling for over half a billion dollars sounds like zero mistakes were made.
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meshugaas ◴[] No.45128230[source]
their valuation from last funding in March 2024 was $550m, sold for $610m minus cash on hand. so basically at value...agreed that it's a nice windfall for these folks but relatively bad outcome. When you're building a new browser with AI a year before the trillion dollar AI industry goes bananas for AI browsers and you end up with 600 mil, that feels like an L.
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1. jazzyjackson ◴[] No.45130066[source]
On the other hand, what is an AI browser supposed to enable that justifies a billion dollar valuation?
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2. meshugaas ◴[] No.45130791[source]
preaching to the choir in absolute terms. in relative terms, if a random feature flag company can be bought for over a billion by an AI company, an AI browser company should be able to be sold for at least that much.