Notes on DeepSeek

167 points by vinhnx 4 months ago | 102 comments

IAC sold 17 apps to Bending Spoons. $100M deal, all 330 employees fired(twitter.com)

200 points by tomaskafka 2 years ago | 156 comments

Block spent $68M on a single party in September 2025(twitter.com)

79 points by kappi 8 months ago | 51 comments

Carta CEO's response to the unsolicited outreach to their customers' investors(twitter.com)

127 points by alsodumb 2 years ago | 59 comments

xAI has acquired X, xAI now valued at $80B(twitter.com)

734 points by rvz 1 year ago | 1072 comments

Elon Musk's post announcing xAI acquired X in an all-stock deal valuing xAI at $80 billion and X at $33 billion.

There are a few things that I look back on as my mistakes in the early days(twitter.com)

507 points by shadowtree 4 months ago | 252 comments

John Carmack's X post reflecting on early id Software mistakes: Quake's overambition, pushing staff too hard, and a flawed founder stock arrangement.

LinkedIn is laying off nearly 700 employees(npr.org)

341 points by cebert 3 years ago | 285 comments

NPR business article from October 16, 2023 reporting that LinkedIn is laying off nearly 700 employees.

Google Cuts Jobs in Engineering and Other Divisions(nytimes.com)

765 points by gumby 2 years ago | 894 comments

New York Times article reporting that Google laid off hundreds of employees in engineering and other divisions as part of cost-cutting.

Slack has raised our charges by $195k per year(skyfall.dev)

3197 points by JustSkyfall 1 year ago | 1387 comments

Blog post open letter from a Hack Club member saying Slack demanded a $195k/yr price increase from the nonprofit, up from $5,000/year.

Google took three months to remove scam app that stole over $5M(theblock.co)

325 points by svenfaw 2 years ago | 156 comments

The Block news article on a lawsuit alleging Google took three months to remove a scam app from its store that stole over $5 million in crypto.

OpenAI staff threaten to quit unless board resigns(wired.com)

1378 points by skilled 2 years ago | 1182 comments

Wired article reporting that nearly 500 OpenAI employees signed a letter threatening to quit and join Sam Altman at Microsoft unless the board resigns.

US holds off blacklisting DeepSeek, more than 100 firms deemed security risks(reuters.com)

511 points by giuliomagnifico 4 months ago | 563 comments

Reuters article on the US holding off on blacklisting China's DeepSeek and over 100 other firms deemed security risks; the capture shows a captcha verification page.