Hacker News with Generative AI: Revenue

Revenue effects of Denuvo digital rights management on PC video games (sciencedirect.com)
In the personal computer video game market, a digital rights management (DRM) technology called Denuvo has been used since 2014 to restrict software usage to legitimate buyers, thereby preventing piracy.
Video Games, DRM, Revenue, Piracy, Economics
4 points by doener 39 days ago | 1 comments
Apple made over $10B from US App Store commissions last year (techcrunch.com)
Over $10 billion — that’s how much revenue Apple’s U.S. App Store raked in last year, according to a new analysis by app intelligence provider Appfigures.
App Stores, Revenue, Apple, Business, Technology
5 points by zhisme 42 days ago | 2 comments
Craigslist revenue drops to 300M, one-third of 2018 total (jobboardhive.com)
Revenue at Craigslist, once the worldwide powerhouse of classified advertising, dropped 20% last year to $302 million, a new AIM Group report shows.
Business, Advertising, Revenue, Classifieds, Technology
3 points by walterbell 48 days ago | 0 comments
China Export Controls Whack AMD Datacenter GPU Business (nextplatform.com)
As far as we can tell, the export controls on crippled GPU compute engines announced by the US Department of Commerce back in April have had a disproportionately hard impact on AMD compared to Nvidia, as far as we can tell. These controls did not affect AMD’s first quarter financial results announced this week, but the controls have removed $1.5 billion of revenue from AMD’s 2025 and $700 million of that will come out of the hide of its second quarter.
China, Export Controls, AMD, Datacenter GPUs, Revenue
5 points by giuliomagnifico 48 days ago | 0 comments
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 53 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 102 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 117 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 120 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 123 days ago | 2 comments
Amazon Surpasses Walmart in Revenue (cnbc.com)
Amazon, Walmart, Revenue, Retail, Business
12 points by mfiguiere 127 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 129 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 134 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 140 days ago | 2 comments
YouTube Ads Made an Absurd Amount of Money in 2024 (gamerant.com)
YouTube, Advertising, Revenue, 2024
10 points by smgit 142 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 145 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 148 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 156 days ago | 1 comments
Telegram is now profitable, revenue in 2024 surpasses $1B (twitter.com)
Telegram, Revenue, Social Media, Business
9 points by ivewonyoung 186 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 187 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 188 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 208 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 213 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 234 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 240 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 241 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 246 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 255 days ago | 76 comments
OpenAI and Anthropic Revenue Breakdown (tanayj.com)
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OpenAI, Anthropic, Business, Revenue, Technology
129 points by flyaway123 268 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 273 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 300 days ago | 234 comments