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M.G. Siegler

What M.G. Siegler thinks about startups

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Technology writer of Spyglass, a newsletter about technology and media. Previously a reporter at TechCrunch and an investor at GV.

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  1. Our readingHackquisitions are turning out to be a disaster.

    Their wordsAnyway, the writing was clearly on the wall for Character at that point, the bigger point remains what a disaster these "hackquisitions" are turning out to be.

    ↗A Couple Elephants in the Character.AI Bankruptcy Roomspyglass.org

  3. Our readingNon-exclusive licensing rights to AI companies are effectively worthless.

    Google

    Their wordsGoogle paid all that money for less than two years of service for Shazeer. Sorry, they also technically paid for the "non-exclusive licensing rights" to Character.AI, but as we're learning today, those are effectively worthless.

    ↗A Couple Elephants in the Character.AI Bankruptcy Roomspyglass.org

  4. 5 weeks earlier

  5. Our readingA product can be technically impressive yet fail because it launched before a real market for it existed.

    Their wordsIt's certainly an impressive piece of technology, but it was clearly launched far too early, with no large market to find.

    ↗Apple Unveils the CEO Handoffspyglass.org 3rd of 3 in this piece