what a crazy week in ai
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Vishu Bheda
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Ai blockbuster week
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Looking at this as a Netflix vs Blockbuster moment :x
How Netflix started ?
The $2 Billion Mistake: Blockbuster's Netflix Blunder
How does a single decision reshape an entire industry?
In 2000, Netflix offered to sell to Blockbuster for $50 million.
Blockbuster laughed it off.
Fast forward:
2002:
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Chamarti Sreekar
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Netflix didnโt just beat Blockbusterโthey exploited its biggest weakness.
In 2000, Blockbuster made $800M from late fees. Customers hated them. Netflix saw an opportunity.
Instead of charging per rental, they launched a $19.99/month unlimited plan.
what a crazy week in ai
โข openai agents
โข stargate project
โข claude citations
โข freepik imagen 3
โข deepseek-r1 model
โข perplexity ai assistant
โข gemini 2.0 flash thinking
โข tendent 3d asset creation
โข bytedance reasoning agent
In 2001, Netflix begged Blockbuster to buy them for $50 million.
But Blockbuster laughed at them.
Today, Netflix is worth over $350 billionโand no one remembers Blockbuster.
Hereโs how that rejection ignited one of the greatest business comebacks