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It's interesting what would be 80s/90s person assumption?

"1.6B in funding! Oh boy, robots, life extension, hover cars!"

"Err, no. But you will be targeted with ads about food delivery and HR services much more precisely!"

Remember, you're talking about the 90s which had as a flagship startup a company that sold pet food. Broadcast.com alone was purchased for $5.9B (eq. to $8B of today's money), and all they did was stream video over the Internet.

All Youtube does is stream video over the internet. Your argument isn't that convincing.

Yes, and Youtube isn't making hover cars nor extending life. Are you sure you read the context of my reply?

Sadly, most of the startups are finance/marketing/hr-focused. I haven't seen many other large startups outside that. Ones that come to mind are TempoDB, BellyCard, ShipBob, Raise, ParkWhiz, and SpotHero.

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