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by martinky24 847 days ago
In what world is anything Wolfram has created a $1b+ idea?
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Mathematica has half-billion+ in annual revenue and has been a mainstay of engineering work for decades. So ... this world?
Alright, I'm gonna need a source cited on that one lmao. Absolutely no way.
Well it's an employee-owned company. Your data is as good as mine. You assert that Wolfram's work is worth less than $1billion. You're quite emphatic about that fact. Let's just do some back-of-the-napkin math to assess if your premise has any validity.

Mathematica has been around for over 40 years. It has 1600+ employees. Tell me, how could a private company make payroll for 1600 top earners without hundreds of millions in revenue? They had no outside funding that we know of.

Obviously this company has made $1 billion dollars in its lifetime. Many times over I'd guess.

Existence doesn't guarantee profitability - they may have investors with a lot of patience and deep pockets. After 40 years, they should indeed turn a nice profit, but I'm not sure if it brings in billions. Many people see their product as educational software.
Look up what revenue is, it isn't the same as profits.
It does not have 1600+ employees. It's in the couple hundreds. Again, source, I worked there.
Didn't Apple contract with them for parts of Siri, using Wolfram Alpha?