2026-07-08 09:16 UTC
@veroandi@mastodon.social @rafa_font@mastodon.online 💯. As soon as a software company starts to get big it becomes an innovation inhibitor. Too many processes, layers of management less appetite for risk.
Then the only way for them to innovate is through the acquisition of small innovative companies. And usually they fail to integrate them so that the original talent leaves and the bought product deteriorates.
We don't need BigTech we need open standards to foster an ecosystem that can build on each other.
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@rafa_font@mastodon.online 2026-07-09 06:57
@themipper@mastodon.social @veroandi@mastodon.social No personal opinion here - just some info I've collected Innovations: Apple: its own ARM-based processors, it took a decade and $20 b investment. Influenced by acquisitions. Amazon: "Trainium" chips, influenced by acquisition of Annapurna Labs Google: TPUs - internal Microsoft: DPUs - internal So it's a mixed bag However, buying a company with the seed innovation is not the same scaling to the whole company, that requires time, in-house experts, and huge R&D investment