WeWork has a new CEO who is a real estate exec

Re:WeWork has a new CEO who is a real estate exec by jedberg on Sunday February 02, 2020 @02:42PM (#22218912)

I think you and the person above you are underselling Netflix's innovation. Yes it's true, they mostly solved the problem of streaming video over the internet, and most changes there are incremental.

But they are currently innovating massively in machine learning and other data analytics. They are also innovating in "Hollywood tech".

Hollywood still uses old tech to move from capturing the actors performance to putting it in front of viewers. They mostly still track their assets with Excel (or on paper!).

Netflix can get a show from filming to viewers a lot faster than most of Hollywood can.

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Re:WeWork has a new CEO who is a real estate exec by unapologetic on Monday February 03, 2020 @06:19PM (#22230470)

> But they are currently innovating massively in machine learning and other data analytics.

I bet I could find that exact sentence used somewhere to justify wework as a "tech company".

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Re:WeWork has a new CEO who is a real estate exec by jedberg on Monday February 03, 2020 @06:40PM (#22230633)

You probably could, but I would say their machine learning isn't a core part of their product that drives profits. The machine learning at Netflix has a huge impact to the product. Streaming drops 20%+ when the recommendations are offline.

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