This Week in GAFAnomics #11
Building the Slack ecosystem / Facebook to become a Telco / Uber’s driver problem
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Silicon Valley’s fastest growing startup, Slack, has just raised $200m at a $3.8B valuation. Competitors like Domo try to copy its features and launched a free-messaging service.
Meanwhile, Slack is building an ecosystem of apps and chatbots, in order to capitalize on its developer momentum — Curated by Boris Naguet
AtF8, Facebook announced its roadmap for 2026: Connectivity, Artificial Intelligence, VR/AR.
A cool demo of a true GAFAnomics strategy. Facebook to become the first programmable telco, building and financing ecosystems. — curated by Cyril Vart.
Content is King: Apple is planning to produce original content and compete with Netflix and Amazon… A smart move from the Cuppertino giant to attract more customers to Apple TV — curated by Nuno Ribeiro
Everyone is saying Amazon is going to crush Netflix with its streaming service. But what if Netflix were about to pivot again and focus on developing content for Amazon (who hasn’t been able to produce any successful show) and for traditional TV networks? — curated by Kevin Echraghi
Uber has accepted to pay up to $100m to settle to class action regarding the employment status of its drivers. As drivers have no control over price, they have no ability to compete efficiently with one another.
Can Uber’s price making algorithm can reasonably be understood to act as an automated version of the bidding process? — curated by Elisa Jo Harkness
That’s all for this week, but you but follow us for more news about GAFAnomics next week! In the meantime, you can check our latest article about Microsoft’s come back!
