Hacker News with Generative AI: Revenue

Amazon Surpasses Walmart in Revenue (cnbc.com)
Talking to people before building took me from failed projects to $9K in revenue (ycombinator.com)
You’ve probably heard that you need to talk to your target audience before building, but I think you need to hear it again.
AI Licensing Deals with Google and OpenAI Make Up 10% of Reddit's Revenue (adweek.com)
Content licensing agreements now account for about 10% of Reddit’s total revenue, the company’s COO Jen Wong told ADWEEK in an exclusive interview Wednesday.
Google Play adding permissions we don't use, then failing us for lacking reason (ycombinator.com)
We have 10 learning apps that have been in mobile stores for over 12 years and make 7 figure revenue yearly (we are legit, though not Epic). They are all the same code base and utilize the same permissions etc, just vertical specific assets and content.
YouTube Ads Made an Absurd Amount of Money in 2024 (gamerant.com)
Show HN: Calculate Your Revenue (postmake.io)
Often when we're building a new product or service, we spend a lot of time thinking about our plans and pricing options.
Microsoft reports Q2 revenue up 12% YoY to $69.6B (microsoft.com)
Microsoft Cloud and AI Strength Drives Second Quarter Results
Big Tech earns enough in less than 3 weeks to pay all 2024 fines (proton.me)
In 2024, governments worldwide fined some of the world’s largest tech companies — Apple, Google, Meta, Amazon, and Microsoft — a combined $8.2 billion.
Telegram is now profitable, revenue in 2024 surpasses $1B (twitter.com)
After dropping Apple App Store, Disney+'s revenue dropped by 16% and Hulu by 27% (appfigures.com)
It's been almost two months since Disney+ and Hulu stopped accepting new subscriptions on the App Store, joining other apps like Spotify and Netflix in protest of Apple's fees.
Apple's AirPods made more money than Nintendo last year (pcmag.com)
AirPods may be small in size, but in terms of revenue, they're huge. Last year, AirPods made Apple over $18 billion in revenue, according to Bloomberg.
OpenAI explores advertising as it steps up revenue drive (ft.com)
Leica Just Recorded the Highest Revenue in Its Entire 100-Year History (petapixel.com)
Leica Camera announced that its 2023/2024 fiscal year saw it achieve the highest revenue in the entire history of the company.
AMD overtook Intel for the first time in data center revenue in 3Q24 (twitter.com)
Launch HN: FlyCode (YC S22) – Stop losing revenue due to failed payments (ycombinator.com)
FlyCode makes it easy for subscription-based companies to recover lost revenue due to failed payments and involuntary churn - a major hidden revenue killer for b2b & b2c SaaS merchants and dtc subscription brands.
Alphabet Revenue Jumps 15% to $88.3B (nytimes.com)
Alphabet, Google’s parent company, reported strong revenue growth on Tuesday, as its business continued to excel despite tough regulatory scrutiny and growing competition.
X's India revenue falls 90%, filing shows (techcrunch.com)
X’s revenue in India plummeted 89.8% to $2.51 million in the financial year ending March, according to regulatory filings from the Elon Musk-owned social network.
X still struggles to grow subscription revenue (techcrunch.com)
Elon Musk’s plan to reduce X’s dependence on advertising revenue by increasing paid subscriptions is still not taking off.
OpenAI and Anthropic Revenue Breakdown (tanayj.com)
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OpenAI sees roughly $5B loss this year on $3.7B in revenue (cnbc.com)
Nearly half of Nvidia's revenue comes from four mystery whales each buying $3B+ (fortune.com)
As Twitter's Revenue Collapses by 84%, Tesla Bulls Fear Elon Musk Will Liquidate (yahoo.com)
MacBook app generated $100k in seven days, now Stripe won't pay up (imore.com)
Apple sales rise 5%, topping estimates as iPad and services revenues jump (cnbc.com)
Italian Revenue Agency demands 1B from Google for tax evasion (firstonline.info)
Elon Musk's X revenue has officially plummeted, new documents show (mashable.com)
Elon Musk's X revenue has officially plummeted, new documents show (mashable.com)
iOS 18 could 'sherlock' $400M in app revenue (techcrunch.com)
$20k MRR in one month, Stripe destroyed everything on 1 second (twitter.com)
OpenAI Doubles Annualized Revenue to $3.4B (bloomberg.com)