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What if Walmart and Google actually teamed up? Google technology powering Walmart's supply chain? I wonder how competitive they'd end up actually being vs Amazon.
[0] https://techcrunch.com/2018/03/19/google-introduces-shopping...
The title says Walmart beats Amazon in a battle. Then in the article it says: "Flipkart’s board ultimately decided a deal with Walmart is more likely to win regulatory approval because Amazon is the No. 2 e-commerce operator in India behind Flipkart and its primary competitor. Amazon is out of the running unless Walmart hits unforeseen trouble." Doesn't sound like a battle to me.
Walmart was forced to pay $15 Billion by Amazon, I think. Amazon-India is already a force to reckon with in India. They have a ton of customer love in India, and they are killing it. There is no reason for them to buy Flipkart. They did the required to hurt their competitor by feigning interest. Bezos is a master at deception. Well played, Bezos and Flipkart investors. Stingy Walmart has to cough up more money.
http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-amazon-s...
People love Amazon now, but I think it's time to fear it. They're already in bed with governments for multi-billion contracts, and are aiming for monopoly power. They won't behave well for much longer, and I'd argue they've already started behaving badly (raising prices on consumers, lowering commissions on affiliates, and so on).
Fascinating that 1 - google is going to participate in the purchase. Clearly a defensive move v amazon. 2 - us companies will now own the 1 & 2 positions for ecommerce in India. Start difference w China and somewhat surprising given Indias excellent engineering and biz culture
2 - does it have one? It seems that there is a colossal brain drain, and the quality of the engineers staying in India is tremendously diluted by those that pursued engineering purely as a safe career choice
Over the last 18 years I have regularly had the opportunity to work with engineers located in India (while I was based in the UK and the US). Some projects were huge, some were small -- ranging from 2-3 engineers to hundreds. The vast majority of individuals I worked with were excellent at their job, and a delight to work with. Same as the ones I've worked with who have emigrated to Europe or America.
Emigration is not proof of an individual's superior powers, nor is non-emigration evidence of lack thereof.
What if Walmart and Google actually teamed up? Google technology powering Walmart's supply chain? I wonder how competitive they'd end up actually being vs Amazon.
Google's AI tech is superior than others in image and speech recognition as well as search. This mostly has to do with them literally buying all the AI talent.
Maybe a possible partnership with Waymo for level 4 driving tractor trailers.
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2 - does it have one? It seems that there is a colossal brain drain, and the quality of the engineers staying in India is tremendously diluted by those that pursued engineering purely as a safe career choice
You're right. Engineering [0] and engineer quality [1] in general in China is way better than in India. It is not even a competition. For instance, Google isn't setting up shop in India for their AI labs [2]. Another instance is when large internet companies in India sought talent from overseas when faced with big-company scale problems [3]. Also, my experience having worked and interviewed candidates in India for ov…
[1] and [3] Highly debatable and depends on which company you are hiring for. Good candidates are going to apply in companies they consider to be good. Snapdeal wasn't known for its good engineering, work culture or hiring bar. I don't know which startup the YC commenter interviewed for.
[2] might just be because of lack of active CS research going on in the country. Most people interested in research leave the country for better pastures. Btw MSR does have office in India
What if Walmart and Google actually teamed up? Google technology powering Walmart's supply chain? I wonder how competitive they'd end up actually being vs Amazon.
What compelling tech does Google have that Walmart needs? Google has no sought after experience in retail or ecommerce. What would they give the largest retailer in the world? They are a half a trillion dollar company moving physical products. They already know how to do supply chain. It looks like play to stop Amazon’s growth more than technology.
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What compelling tech does Google have that Walmart needs? Google has no sought after experience in retail or ecommerce. What would they give the largest retailer in the world? They are a half a trillion dollar company moving physical products. They already know how to do supply chain. It looks like play to stop Amazon’s growth more than technology.
> What compelling tech does Google have that Walmart needs? Google knows that I've been researching segways( with possible intentions of buying). Could they possibly use the information for product recommendations, inventory predictions ect?
Walmart was forced to pay $15 Billion by Amazon, I think. Amazon-India is already a force to reckon with in India. They have a ton of customer love in India, and they are killing it. There is no reason for them to buy Flipkart. They did the required to hurt their competitor by feigning interest. Bezos is a master at deception. Well played, Bezos and Flipkart investors. Stingy Walmart has to cough up more money.
That may be so, but now that it can afford it, Amazon has every intention of becoming a monopoly in the markets it enters. It's why they bought the #1 retailer in the Middle East, too: http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-amazon-s... People love Amazon now, but I think it's time to fear it. They're already in bed with governments for multi-billion contracts, and are aiming for monopoly power. They won'…