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		raw_anon_1111 4 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: OpenAI declares 'code red' as Google catches up in... And Google had profits - not just revenue - early on and wasn’t setting $10 on fire to have a $1 in revenue.

dmoy 4 days ago [–]

Well maybe not in 1999. Adwords didn't launch until 2000? Google's 1999 revenue was...... I forget, but it was incredibly small. Costs were also incredibly small too though, so this isn't a good analogy given the stated year of 1999.

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