Genius laid off a bunch of its engineers

Re:Genius laid off a bunch of its engineers by stevebmark on Wednesday March 15, 2017 @10:36PM (#13881950)

There is no way that Genius ever can, nor ever will, achieve their vision. This is a money pit funding overgrown children from day one, and nothing else. This is throwing money at an idea before it's proven, and trying to force an idea no one wants on people. It's an embarrassment of the valley.

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Re:Genius laid off a bunch of its engineers by johnpettus on Thursday March 16, 2017 @03:55AM (#13883295)

I talked to a VC who saw their original pitch. Said it was the fastest growth curve he's seen in his career. That was back when they were RapGenius.

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Re:Genius laid off a bunch of its engineers by stevebmark on Thursday March 16, 2017 @05:22PM (#13889317)

I'm assuming "growth" meant meaningless users just writing comments, and it was pitched as DAUs convertible to profit. If my assumption is correct this sounds like fraud to me.

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Re:Genius laid off a bunch of its engineers by timgilbert on Thursday March 16, 2017 @05:37PM (#13889427)

Well, I guess that explains why it's so widely-used for stuff other than rap lyrics then.

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