@GergelyOrosz: The “Google never bult anyring internally” narrative is tiring. Sure, they acquired a bunch of stuff… but then also bui…
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Gergely Orosz pushes back on the claim that Google never built anything internally, citing Gmail, Google Docs, Google Cloud, and Waymo as internally-built billion-dollar businesses.
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The “Google never bult anyring internally” narrative is tiring. Sure, they acquired a bunch of stuff… but then also build plenty. Gmail, Google Docs, Google Cloud, Waymo all stuff they built, not acquired. All billion-dollar businesses, some $100B+….
SemiAnalysis (@SemiAnalysis_): “Google has an L culture and has never actually made anything internally. They’ve only ever acquired all their innovation, and their execution is very poor.”
“Let’s seriously do some accounting. Everything other than Core Search has been purchased. YouTube, AdMob, DoubleClick,
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