> That's the difference of a founder-led company vs. market led.
Are they really so different?
Facebook throws things at the wall, even expensive things without a clear path to profitability, such as Llama.
Google throws things at the wall, even expensive things without a clear path to profitability, such as waymo, google glass, google fiber, stadia, and everything on https://killedbygoogle.com
Facebook made a big companywide re-orientation to deliver a vision that flopped - the metaverse.
Google made a big companywide re-orientation to deliver a vision that flopped - google plus.
Facebook renamed themselves to Meta. Google renamed themselves to Alphabet.
Facebook has an AI research division founded by a French-American computer science professor and Turing award winner. Google has an AI research division founded by a British-Canadian computer science professor and Turing award winner.
Facebook released a widely used open source Python ML library with a camelcase name, PyTorch. Google released a widely used open source Python ML library with a camelcase name, TensorFlow.
Perhaps they're following the same playbook, it's just luck that Facebook's gambles paid off recently.
Well, Meta is not as arbitrary with closing projects. Google closes things which are getting traction, that's a really disturbing aspect of interna politics and incentives
Are they really so different?
Facebook throws things at the wall, even expensive things without a clear path to profitability, such as Llama.
Google throws things at the wall, even expensive things without a clear path to profitability, such as waymo, google glass, google fiber, stadia, and everything on https://killedbygoogle.com
Facebook made a big companywide re-orientation to deliver a vision that flopped - the metaverse.
Google made a big companywide re-orientation to deliver a vision that flopped - google plus.
Facebook renamed themselves to Meta. Google renamed themselves to Alphabet.
Facebook has an AI research division founded by a French-American computer science professor and Turing award winner. Google has an AI research division founded by a British-Canadian computer science professor and Turing award winner.
Facebook released a widely used open source Python ML library with a camelcase name, PyTorch. Google released a widely used open source Python ML library with a camelcase name, TensorFlow.
Perhaps they're following the same playbook, it's just luck that Facebook's gambles paid off recently.