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Published · transcript-backedBen Gilbert: belief
26 Aug 2025 Acquired Google Part II: Alphabet
“Still does by the way. Which I think held them back in AI for a while. They know the Google name means something, so they are reticent to throw their name on it until they got shoved off the cliff.”
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- Ben Gilbert
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- 26 Aug 2025
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- Acquired
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- Google Part II: Alphabet
Transcript context
…That’s a great point of switching costs of the algorithm on YouTube. Branding, I think in the heyday of Google that we’re talking about in this episode when they’re launching all these incredible products, yes these products won because they’re incredible and because they were free. But also like there was such a halo around the company. If there was a new Google product, I would be chomping at the bit to go try it. Yeah, that’s super true. I remember I was desperate for Google Wave invites. The product completely failed, but I was completely dazzled by it and I was desperate to get invite and access. The Google name meant something. Still does by the way. Which I think held them back in AI for a while. They know the Google name means something, so they are reticent to throw their name on it until they got shoved off the cliff. Yep. Cornered resource, well certainly heading into the AI era now YouTube, the YouTube catalog you can train on. All the data they have.…
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