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1. atleastoptimal · 1785947160 · focus · HN ↗

   I think there's one weirdly simple reason DeepMind isn't doing as well as OpenAI and Anthropic. I may be wrong on this.

   OpenAI and Anthropic went from tiny startups to huge companies. As a consequence the stock options/RSU's offered to the employees paid off a far higher percentage ROI than any stock options a DeepMind (and thus Google) employee would get (since Google is already huge). This disincentivizes people who truly believe in the economically transformative power of AI to work at Google since their benefits will be capped by Google being large + having public company obligations.

   1. onlyrealcuzzo · 1785947875 · focus · HN ↗

      There is no other way to describe the Gemini 3.5 pro delay than as a complete and unmitigated disaster.

      It's a huge company.

      It's unlikely there is any one person to blame (and entirely possible he has none of it). But things need to change.

      1. pixl97 · 1785948626 · focus · HN ↗

         Huge companies tend to make money from network effects, rent seeking, and lock in. They tend to be horrifically bad when it comes to innovation, especially when it may disrupt exiting departments in the company. Those departments will fight for their life and generally muck things up.

         Very few companies have leadership that can prevent this infighting and force teams on directed goals.

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