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Nvidia just paid $20B for a company that missed its revenue target by 75%

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Re: Nvidia just paid $20B for a company that missed its revenue target by 75%

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> To visualize $1.5 billion: if you cashed that check out in $100 bills and stacked them one on top of another, it would reach a five story building. For ordinary plebeians like us, at the average US salary of around $75K, you’d need to work 20,000 years to earn that.

No, we don't need to visualize that.

Re: Nvidia just paid $20B for a company that missed its revenue target by 75%

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> Then in maybe one of the best rug pulls of all time, in July they quietly changed their valuation to $500 million. A 75% cut in four months. I’ve never seen anything like that since the 2008 financial crisis. Not sure where the author is getting their information from but there is seemingly little correlation between the investment rounds quoted in this post and other online sources. No mention for example of the S…

Thank you for calling this out. I have edited and added a footnote there. Their valuation wasn't 500mil it was their revenue projection.

The 6.9bn valuation is accurate though https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/groq-raises-750-mil... https://www.reuters.com/business/groq-more-than-doubles-valu...

Re: Nvidia just paid $20B for a company that missed its revenue target by 75%

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post #13

Ya well, startups are just low risk R&D facilities in service of big tech now https://centreforaileadership.org/resources/opinion_startups...

I don't understand what "low risk" means here. For a start-up, 99% risk of failure is low. What are we comparing that to?

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Re: Nvidia just paid $20B for a company that missed its revenue target by 75%

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Nothing against the author, the content is good. I just wish this wasn't fluffed out with AI.

It's not - I prefer to record a YouTube video first (I speak better than I write) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2po-s2yOCcg Then I run that through a transcription app (so AI I suppose but still my words, shout out to Scriber Pro which I found via HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45591222) then I edit down and try to change my verbs (visual to written) where necessary.

Re: Nvidia just paid $20B for a company that missed its revenue target by 75%

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post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well usually they only get acquired when they have something the purchaser wants, revenue was obviously not the get here

The tv series Silicon Valley has a good episode where they discuss the importance of a start-up not having any revenue. Being pre revenue apparently means unlimited potential, with any level of revenue being bad, as you always have to grow it.

Yeah. That's totally real. (But I get that it was also funny, and I loved that show.)

Re: Nvidia just paid $20B for a company that missed its revenue target by 75%

#39

The writing style here is so belittling, and frankly stupid. E.g. "billion is so big!", uh, I've heard of a billion before, and then comparing the value of a company to a single person's salary, as if that was very relevant.

Go talk to someone outside of tech this week, preferably someone working in the trades or something else that's less dependent on a computer, and ask them about their AI use. You'd be surprised how new a lot of the tech concepts in this article are to people that might have only heard of ChatGPT.

That is who I'm writing for.

Re: Nvidia just paid $20B for a company that missed its revenue target by 75%

#40
This is missing the point. Even at a clipped revenue projection - $500m at $2b is a 4x multiple on revenue.

A 4x for an AI cloud+infra play that targets speed and cost? Where do I send the check?

If NVIDIA believes it can take this and scale it, $20b is a no brainer.

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