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Symmetryyesterday at 1:51 PM3 repliesview on HN

I found Boom's pivot much less confusing after this article.


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leetroutyesterday at 2:33 PM

For those like me that are missing context:

https://qz.com/boom-supersonic-jet-startup-ai-data-center-po...

Aurornisyesterday at 2:36 PM

Boom’s pivot to trying to build turbines for data centers wasn’t surprising when data center deployments started using turbines. Either their CEO saw one of the headlines or their investors forwarded it over and it became their new talking point.

What is interesting is how many people saw the Boom announcement and came to believe that Boom was a pioneer of this idea. They’re actually a me-too that won’t have anything ready for a long time, if they can even pull it off at all.

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torginusyesterday at 2:56 PM

What I didn't get is afair Boom doesn't build engines, aren't they using some old 50s-60s fighter jet engines?