Hacker News with Generative AI: Revenue

Ask HN: Was Mozilla Ever Independent? (ycombinator.com)
This is based on the revelation that Firefox (and I'm assuming Mozilla itself) relies on at least 85-90% of its operating revenue from Google's search deals. For decades now, Mozilla insisted and promoted that it was a non-profit independent organization, and that extended to Firefox. That 85-90% revenue figure is now calling 15-20 years of those statements into question for me.

Mozilla, Firefox, Business, Non-profits, Revenue

12 points by dabockster 3 days ago | 5 comments

Sobering Revenue Stats of 70K Mobile Apps Show Why Devs Beg for Subscriptions (arstechnica.com)
Most apps fail to reach $1,000/month revenue within two years.

Mobile Apps, Business, Revenue, App Development

27 points by m463 52 days ago | 13 comments

The Era of Solopreneurs Is Here (manidoraisamy.com)
DeepSeek just dropped a bombshell: $200M in annual revenue with a 500%+ profit margin—all while charging 25x less than OpenAI. But DeepSeek didn’t just build another AI model. They wrote their own parallel file system (3FS) to optimize costs—something that would have been unthinkable for a company of their size. This was possible because AI helped write the file system. Now, imagine what will happen in a couple of years—AI will be writing code, optimizing infrastructure, and even debugging itself.

Startup, Artificial Intelligence, Business Models, Revenue, Cost Optimization

76 points by QueensGambit 68 days ago | 100 comments

Nvidia made $3.6M of revenue per employee last year, more than Meta/Apple (sherwood.news)
Nvidia added only 6,400 new employees to its workforce last year

Nvidia, Revenue, Employee Performance, Meta, Apple

6 points by billplayfair 71 days ago | 1 comments

Google sued by Chegg over AI Overviews hurting traffic and revenue (searchengineland.com)
Chegg, the publicly traded education technology company, has sued Google over its AI Overviews, claiming they have hurt its traffic and revenue.

Lawsuits, Education Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Google, Revenue

10 points by whyleyc 73 days ago | 2 comments

Amazon Surpasses Walmart in Revenue (cnbc.com)

Amazon, Walmart, Revenue, Retail, Business

12 points by mfiguiere 77 days ago | 1 comments

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.

Startups, Customer Development, Business, Revenue, Entrepreneurship

5 points by felixheikka 80 days ago | 8 comments

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.

Artificial Intelligence, Business, Social Media, Revenue

9 points by ilamont 84 days ago | 1 comments

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.

Android, Mobile Apps, Google Play, Permissions, Revenue

7 points by MobileVet 91 days ago | 2 comments

YouTube Ads Made an Absurd Amount of Money in 2024 (gamerant.com)

YouTube, Advertising, Revenue, 2024

10 points by smgit 92 days ago | 9 comments

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.

Startups, Revenue, Business, Product Development

20 points by Malfunction92 95 days ago | 5 comments

Microsoft reports Q2 revenue up 12% YoY to $69.6B (microsoft.com)
Microsoft Cloud and AI Strength Drives Second Quarter Results

Microsoft, Revenue, Cloud Computing, Artificial Intelligence, Finance

5 points by elsewhen 99 days ago | 0 comments

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.

Big Tech, Fines, Regulation, Revenue, Economics

13 points by jethronethro 106 days ago | 1 comments

Telegram is now profitable, revenue in 2024 surpasses $1B (twitter.com)

Telegram, Revenue, Social Media, Business

9 points by ivewonyoung 137 days ago | 1 comments

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, Streaming Services, Revenue, App Store, Business

8 points by zdw 137 days ago | 4 comments

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.

Apple, Revenue, Consumer Electronics, Headphones

3 points by baal80spam 138 days ago | 0 comments

OpenAI explores advertising as it steps up revenue drive (ft.com)

OpenAI, Business, Advertising, Revenue, Artificial Intelligence

6 points by openrisk 158 days ago | 1 comments

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.

Business, Photography, Leica, Revenue, History

25 points by bookofjoe 164 days ago | 20 comments

AMD overtook Intel for the first time in data center revenue in 3Q24 (twitter.com)

AMD, Intel, Data Centers, Revenue, 3Q24

6 points by giuliomagnifico 185 days ago | 0 comments

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.

Startups, SaaS, Revenue, Business, Finance

103 points by JakeVacovec 191 days ago | 66 comments

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.

Alphabet, Google, Business, Revenue, Finance

15 points by xnx 191 days ago | 2 comments

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.

Social Media, India, Revenue, Finance, Elon Musk

15 points by hn1986 197 days ago | 10 comments

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.

Social Media, Business, Revenue, Elon Musk

36 points by LorenDB 206 days ago | 76 comments

OpenAI and Anthropic Revenue Breakdown (tanayj.com)
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OpenAI, Anthropic, Business, Revenue, Technology

129 points by flyaway123 218 days ago | 136 comments

OpenAI sees roughly $5B loss this year on $3.7B in revenue (cnbc.com)

OpenAI, Revenue, Losses, Artificial Intelligence, Business

21 points by bryan0 223 days ago | 3 comments

Nearly half of Nvidia's revenue comes from four mystery whales each buying $3B+ (fortune.com)

Nvidia, Revenue, Business, Finance, Tech Industry

236 points by mgh2 251 days ago | 234 comments

As Twitter's Revenue Collapses by 84%, Tesla Bulls Fear Elon Musk Will Liquidate (yahoo.com)

Twitter, Revenue, Tesla, Elon Musk, Finance

10 points by paulpauper 259 days ago | 4 comments

MacBook app generated $100k in seven days, now Stripe won't pay up (imore.com)