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World Labs is Joining AMD

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  1. AbuAssar · · focus · HN ↗
    Is a 2-year-old company worth 8 billion USD?
    1. avaer · · focus · HN ↗
      A name like Fei-Fei Li is probably worth a chunk of that (I'm not saying I agree, but that's probably the thinking).

      It's a public bet, not a valuation based on product economics. Billion dollar bets follow different rules (and I'm not saying it's sane).

      1. JumpCrisscross · · focus · HN ↗
        > A name like Fei-Fei Li is probably worth a chunk of that

        You're right. Her bio writes like an OP self-insert character's [1].

        [1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Fei-Fei_Li" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Fei-Fei_Li

    2. kylecazar · · focus · HN ↗
      The past couple of years have really driven home the fact that a company is worth what someone will pay for it
      1. singhkays · · focus · HN ↗
        just like NFTs :)
      2. jtfrench · · focus · HN ↗
        And that &quot;Attention is all you need&quot; applies to financial markets as well.
      3. DivingForGold · · focus · HN ↗
        ... just like real estate, a willing buyer -- and a willing seller
    3. Glemmlko · · focus · HN ↗
      Honestly, I think this &#x27;billion&#x27; number is also just the ball park for companies you need to pay if you want to buy them.

      OpenRouter was sold for 7.5 Billion.

      Lets just accept, that these people don&#x27;t evaluate a company by value but by magic market &quot;what is a sum someone needs to pay for buying a company and what company is somehow worth it to actually buy for this type of money but more in a sense of adding this to your portfolio&quot;

    4. ianm218 · · focus · HN ↗
      AMD grew their revenue 50% last quarter from the year prior, for 11.5B in revenue. If this team can help continue that or grow that then yes - the amount of money involved here is insane.
    5. tintor · · focus · HN ↗
      Could be if they are pre-revenue.
      1. neural_thing · · focus · HN ↗
        They&#x27;re a potential pure play
        1. janderson215 · · focus · HN ↗
          They’re bound to announce an appliance soon.
    6. edg5000 · · focus · HN ↗
      Probably not what was paid though. Just an optimistic revenue projection based on early growth.
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