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toomuchtodotoday at 3:11 PM1 replyview on HN

Not based on the evidence of how they allocate capital. Meta wasted $80B on the Metaverse, for example. Apollo allocates capital as their day job. Mag7 allocates by vibes.

https://finance.yahoo.com/sectors/technology/articles/mark-z...

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/19/technology/mark-zuckerber... | https://archive.today/iEGAj


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triceratopstoday at 3:24 PM

> Apollo allocates capital as their day job. Mag7 allocates by vibes

Lol what in the world? Is running a trillion dollar corporation anything other than allocating capital?

You can argue that Meta made a poor capital allocation decision with VR and perhaps continues to do so with AI.

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