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		itemize123 80 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Marissa Mayer will close her old AI startup, sell ... that's not too useful ratio isn't it? investment is going to be lumped at the onset

nivertech 80 days ago [–]

I'm not criticizing.

I think these 2 apps were experiments.

They probably wanted organic downloads only, in order to identify real user needs / find PM/F.

Otherwise, it's hard to explain why they wouldn't spend money on marketing/advertising.

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