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by FeistySkink 1309 days ago
It's strange that you bring the super app point up. Having worked in one the Sequoia-backed companies with a similar valuation in the past and following a few of their other investments, I could never understand the pressure to make a super app. Yes, I know about WeChat. But I just don't see these types of apps having a success where I live at the moment (not China).
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WhatsApp at this point is basic infrastructure in India (even has money transfer) and Brazil. I have no idea how profitable it is, but probably that's why everyone wants a superapp.
I mean something else by a super app: it's an app that has different unrelated parts that can be split into separate ones. Like banking groceries, taxi, etc. Perhaps I misunderstand the term.