| ▲ | Schmerika 5 days ago | |
There are actually quite a few trillion dollar industries that exist thanks to "side projects". Apple was Woz's side project, once upon a time. Adsense came from Google's 20% time. Social media started as a side project. Forests grow from trees. Trees grow from seeds. More potential seeds = more potential forests. | ||
| ▲ | queenkjuul 5 days ago | parent [-] | |
All the undiscovered Woz's of the world add up to a trillion dollars? There's $1T of money out there waiting to be spent on side projects? The question was "are side projects a trillion dollar industry" not "has a side project ever started an industry" How much of a new $1T software product will anthropic capture in token costs, anyway? | ||