Evidence receipt / uncertainty
Published · transcript-backedDavid Rosenthal: uncertainty
26 Aug 2025 Acquired Google Part II: Alphabet
“The company started by Andy Rubin and Andy of course had been an engineer at Apple and then left Apple with a group of rebels. I don’t know, were they rebels that went to go start General Magic.”
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- Speaker
- David Rosenthal
- Attribution
- Verified speaker
- Claim type
- uncertainty
- Recorded
- 26 Aug 2025
- Publisher
- Acquired
- Episode
- Google Part II: Alphabet
Transcript context
…Based on the direction this is going? Is it Danger? Yes it is. Danger. The company started by Andy Rubin and Andy of course had been an engineer at Apple and then left Apple with a group of rebels. I don’t know, were they rebels that went to go start General Magic. General Magic, of course. Legendary failed startup in Silicon Valley in the early nineties. Basically was trying to create the iPhone just 15 years too early. After General Magic, after it falls apart, he starts danger. Now Andy’s initial idea for danger was he wanted to make a wireless version of the Qcat scanner. What is a Qcat scanner?…
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