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Published · transcript-backedPavel Durov: belief
1 Oct 2025 Lex Fridman Podcast #482 – Pavel Durov: Telegram, Freedom, Censorship, Money, Power & Human Nature
“At some point, we realized there are very few websites online that load faster than VK.”
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- Speaker
- Pavel Durov
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- Claim type
- belief
- Recorded
- 1 Oct 2025
- Publisher
- Lex Fridman Podcast
Transcript context
…So they rewrote it in C, C++? A large chunk of it. For example, the search, the ad engine, because VK had targeted ads, they built that. It was very efficient what they did. Eventually, the private messaging part, the public messages part. At some point, we realized there are very few websites online that load faster than VK. Nice.…
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