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Ask HN: Who are the next FAANGs?

14 pointsuptownfunk13 comments

Samsung, Huawei, Alibaba, Tencent. They're already there when it comes to revenue, just not in market cap.

Next FAANG in what sense?

If you're talking about "next technology-first unicorn that's going to make it big in the next 10 years", good luck. That's what everyone and their mother has been looking for in the past 10 years. These tend to get eaten up by an existing FAANG if it looks like there's a good fit.

There are also plenty of other companies that have FAANG-levels of name recognition but probably won't get to the same size. These are your VC-driven, trying-to-dominate-a-market-but-it's-hard (ex. Ubers/Lyfts, bikeshare-of-the-week) and doing-well-in-a-niche-but-not-as-large (ex. Square) companies.

Companies who are big but not FAANG big... not super early stage, companies that have potential to be FAANGs one day. I get everyone is looking for it, I’m looking mostly in the sense of job prospects etc.

FAANG will buy out or try to choke out anyone who looks like they might be a competitor. I'd look for new multibillion-dollar companies in places where they have less power: Asia, Africa, Europe outside the EU.

https://medium.com/chingu/africans-can-build-billion-dollar-...

https://www.forbes.com/asia200/list/

Unlikely, earlier upcomming antitrust laws will shred them. Somehow IBM, HP or Microsoft allowed for FAANG to grow. New FAANGs will be so different in spirit to current ones that they won't be subject to such buyout. However I agree the new giants may come from non-US markets.

I had a similar question. What is today's equivalent of the internet of the late 90s?

Maybe blockchain or virtual reality?

Maybe Blockchain. Is the adoption as much as the internet? I don't know if there's anything useful coming out of it.

Virtual Reality seems like a safer bet.

"Virtual Reality seems like a safer bet."

Out of curiosity, can you explain why you think so? I'd think block chain has the bigger potential, but I don't keep myself up to date on VR.

Whoever knows that already will be insanely rich.

zenefits

docker

twilio

X github (gone)

none of those

I prefer to focus on the problems of the current debt-based economy, where bubbles like that are common and are fueled by debt.

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