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joveian on Feb 5, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: Algorithm Development is Broken

How is the DeepMind purchase in any way a "record sum"? The linked article does not seem to make this claim. I didn't even get to your main point and already I don't trust you.

doppenhe on Feb 5, 2014 [–]

450 million for a company that never shipped a product. Their entire value came from the algorithms and algorithm developers. That part is unheard of.

joveian on Feb 5, 2014 | [–]

Thanks, that makes more sense.

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