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Sep 2020
37m 30s

TikTok & Beyond: The Algorithm Question,...

Andreessen Horowitz
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with @eugenewei @smc90 TikTok's For You Page algorithm (which could yet be excluded from the deal given Chinese government recently revised export controls around source code) enabled it to grab massive marketshare in cultures and markets never experienced firsthand by the engineers and designers in China, beating out other dominant players in the United St ... Show More
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