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Google Wave had 70-80 engineers before securing any external users
“I worked at Google on this product called Google wave, which was trying to be everything to everyone. And. You know, we were 70, 80 engineers building this thing before it even really had any users outside Google.”
Dhanji R. Prasanna Oct 26, 2025 ▶ 1:11:33 How Block is becoming the most AI-native enterprise in the world | Dhanji R. Prasanna
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Adams: Google Wave failed because customers didn't care about its differentiation
“Google wave was an amazingly innovative product. That no one really cared about.”
Paul Adams Oct 26, 2023 ▶ 56:01 What AI means for your product strategy | Paul Adams (CPO of Intercom)
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