Hacker News with Generative AI: Business

Euro execs mull use of US clouds, eyeing American hyperscaler escape hatch (theregister.com)
Amid the economic uncertainty of Trump 2.0, dependence on American tech has become a growing concern for many businesses, and a survey of 1,000 IT leaders claims that data sovereignty is now one of the most pressing issues.
Politics, Technology, Business, Data Security
5 points by rntn 30 days ago | 1 comments
AI layoffs start hitting a wide swath of Corporate America (qz.com)
Simplice Fosso opened Slack (CRM) in March and saw a green checkmark next to his team’s name: “✅ automation.” It was small, just an icon and a single word. But it meant his role as Head of Security Operations at a major consulting firm was gone.
Artificial Intelligence, Job Market, Technology, Business
6 points by trueduke 30 days ago | 0 comments
Amazon's Counterfeit Problem (twitter.com)
Something went wrong, but don’t fret — let’s give it another shot.
Amazon, Counterfeiting, Business
7 points by dsr12 31 days ago | 0 comments
Companies will be able to deduct software development salaries again (twitter.com)
Something went wrong, but don’t fret — let’s give it another shot.
Tax, Software Development, Business
11 points by kappi 31 days ago | 1 comments
How I Created a $350M Software Company Knowing Nothing About Software (2015) (techcrunch.com)
I’ve always wanted to make a lot of money, have people pay a lot of attention to me and do a lot of exciting things. I just never knew how.
Entrepreneurship, Business, Success Stories, Technology, Personal Development
20 points by neilfrndes 31 days ago | 4 comments
SendGrid axes free plan (twitter.com)
Something went wrong, but don’t fret — let’s give it another shot.
Business, Email Marketing, Technology, Software
10 points by judah 31 days ago | 2 comments
DigitalOcean terminating business account with no details given (ycombinator.com)
DigitalOcean, Business, Termination
12 points by ivanvas 31 days ago | 0 comments
There's a Simple Pattern to Elon Musk's Broken Promises (wired.com)
“My predictions about achieving full self-driving have been optimistic in the past,” Musk admitted to investors in 2023. “I’m the boy who cried FSD.
Elon Musk, Self-Driving Cars, Technology, Business
16 points by throw0101d 31 days ago | 1 comments
Elon Musk Battled Apple over Satellite Features (macrumors.com)
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has been embroiled in a battle with Apple over its satellite connectivity features, according to The Information.
Elon Musk, Apple, Satellites, Technology, Business
9 points by MBCook 31 days ago | 2 comments
Avoid MinIO: update stripping community edition of UI features (reddit.com)
I noticed today that my MinIO docker image had been updated and the UI was stripped down to just an object browser. After some digging I found this disgusting PR that removes away all the features in the UI. 110k lines effectively removed and most features including admin functions gone. The discussion around this PR is locked and one of the developers points users to their commercial product instead.
Software, Open Source, Cloud Storage, Community, Business
6 points by latchkey 31 days ago | 2 comments
Ex-Meta exec: Copyright consent obligation = end of AI biz (theregister.com)
Former British deputy PM and Meta apologist Sir Nick Clegg says that forcing AI companies to ask for the permission of copyright holders before using their content would destroy the AI industry overnight.
Copyright, Artificial Intelligence, Business, Regulation
7 points by penda 31 days ago | 3 comments
OS.Cash – Billion Dollar Businesses rely on your software (os.cash)
Big Businesses rely on free-software, Big Businesses allocate capital to vendors.
Open Source, Business, Software
4 points by Tomte 31 days ago | 0 comments
Businesses are finding a tariff workaround: the first sale rule (cnbc.com)
Business, Economics, Tariffs, Trade
7 points by ryan_j_naughton 32 days ago | 0 comments
Power Failure: The downfall of General Electric (gwintrob.com)
Power Failure by William Cohan chronicles the spectacular collapse of General Electric, once America's most valuable company. From a $600 billion giant to near-bankruptcy, GE's downfall reveals how financialization and imperial CEOs destroyed a 130-year industrial icon.
Business, Finance, History, Corporate Collapse, General Electric
238 points by gwintrob 32 days ago | 163 comments
Duolingo CEO tries to walk back AI-first comments, fails (htxt.co.za)
Following backlash to statements that Duolingo will be AI-first, threatening jobs in the process, CEO Luis von Ahn has tried to walk back his statement.
Artificial Intelligence, Language Learning, Business, Technology, Controversy
459 points by Improvement 32 days ago | 325 comments
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would 'kill' AI industry (theverge.com)
Meta’s former head of global affairs said asking for permission from rights owners to train models would “basically kill the AI industry in this country overnight.”
Artificial Intelligence, Regulation, Copyright, Technology, Business
34 points by olyellybelly 32 days ago | 77 comments
Builder.ai coded itself into a corner – now it's bankrupt (theregister.com)
The collapse of Builder.ai has cast fresh light on AI coding practices, despite the software company blaming its fall from grace on poor historical decision-making.
Artificial Intelligence, Business, Bankruptcy, Software Development
7 points by yomismoaqui 32 days ago | 1 comments
$1M Revenue, $0 Profit: Our D2C Reality Check (indiehackers.com)
Honest intro: I'm not here to sell you some "become a millionaire" course or share get-rich-quick secrets. This is just three people -Fatih, Deniz & Emre(me)- sharing our deepest e-commerce struggles and wins from building a posture correction device brand from literally zero.
E-commerce, D2C, Startups, Business
23 points by emredoganer 32 days ago | 1 comments
Lieferando.de has captured 5.7% of restaurant related domain names (mondaybits.com)
I recently decided to compile a very large list of domain names for the German country code top-level domain .de.
Domain Names, Germany, Business, Statistics, Restaurants
313 points by __natty__ 32 days ago | 200 comments
Image to Text Converter (vheer.com)
Turn images into readable text with ease using Vheer’s AI-powered tool. Extract text from images in seconds and download it instantly. Perfect for business documents, handwritten notes, and more.
Image Processing, AI, OCR, Text Extraction, Business
14 points by vertex_steven 33 days ago | 4 comments
The Grugbrained CEO (sam-rodriques.com)
Management, Business, Leadership, Technology, AI
20 points by _ihaque 33 days ago | 16 comments
Whatever happened to Elon Musk? Tech boss drifts to margins of Trump world (theguardian.com)
The Oval Office was crowded, with reporters cautioned not to collide with the Resolute Desk. Standing beside them, dressed in black, was Elon Musk, billionaire ally of Donald Trump and head of his government efficiency drive.
Elon Musk, Politics, Donald Trump, Business
16 points by jethronethro 33 days ago | 7 comments
Advice to Tenstorrent (github.com/geohot)
Advice to Tenstorrent If you want to get acquired / become scam IP licensing co...I can't help you. If you want to win AI compute, read on
AI, Hardware, Business, Acquisitions
83 points by lexoj 33 days ago | 63 comments
Microsoft engineer fired for disrupting CEO Nadella's speech at Build 2025 (indiatimes.com)
Microsoft, AI, Technology, Business, Leadership
29 points by Eduard 33 days ago | 24 comments
Gamers Are Making EA, Take-Two and CDPR Scared to Use AI (forbes.com)
This past week, Fortnite introduced an AI Darth Vader using James Earl Jones’ voice to respond to players’ voice chat. It was goofy fun (and in keeping with Jones’ voice rights deal), but AI is not starting to make some large publishers nervous for a few reasons.
Gaming, Artificial Intelligence, Video Games, Business
15 points by healsdata 33 days ago | 7 comments
Tiny company with no revenue and ties to China plans to buy $300M in $TRUMP (independent.co.uk)
A tiny TikTok creator company with no revenue and ties to China plans to buy $300million in Trump’s memecoin
Cryptocurrency, China, Business, Social Media
16 points by microsoftedging 33 days ago | 8 comments
Show HN: I built StickerFacet to turn photos into high quality vinyl stickers (stickerfacet.com)
Software, Design, Startups, Business, Photography
20 points by arthurcolle 34 days ago | 14 comments
A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing: White Labeling and Partnerships in the HVAC Industry (heatpumped.org)
Heat pump manufacturing is a maze of re-branding, white labeling, and complex partnerships. Despite the seemingly endless array of brands on the market, there are only a handful of factories actually manufacturing equipment behind the scenes. What looks like a diverse selection of options often boils down to the same product with a different name slapped on the side.
HVAC, Partnerships, Business, Industry, Manufacturing
21 points by ssuds 34 days ago | 4 comments
You’re a little company, now act like one (2009) (asmartbear.com)
You’re afraid that looking like being a small company means you’ll lose sales. It’s actually the opposite – you’re alienating your best customers.
Business, Marketing, Startups
299 points by tosh 34 days ago | 63 comments
How the Russian automotive sector was driven off a cliff (tochnyi.info)
2024 was a good year for Russian car sales, with 1.57 million new cars sold; a 48.4% increase over 2023 [1]. Truck sales also saw good results, with 126,000 trucks sold, despite this being 12% lower than in 2023 [2]. LCV sales also grew by 24.4%, to 112,000 [3]. It seems, however, that this figure may have peaked, with sales predicted to fall and, starting in late 2024, the entire industry entered a period of prolonged decline.
Russia, Automotive Industry, Economics, Business, Sales
5 points by mariuz 34 days ago | 0 comments