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Assertion Partly supported
Google, Facebook, Microsoft, and OpenAI used Reddit data for AI models
“Google, Facebook, Microsoft, and OpenAI all used Reddit's data to train their conversational AI models.”
Jack Hanlon Mar 15, 2021 ▶ 17:52 Fireside Chat: Jack Hanlon (VP Data, Reddit) with Matt Turck (Partner, FirstMark)
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Hanlon: Reddit ingested 55-60B daily events managed by one person in 2019
“I came in, we were doing probably about 55 or sixty billion events a day into a data warehouse that one person was managing.”
Jack Hanlon Mar 15, 2021 ▶ 8:44 Fireside Chat: Jack Hanlon (VP Data, Reddit) with Matt Turck (Partner, FirstMark)
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Hanlon: Reddit grew from around 600 to 800 employees in 14 months
“When I got to Reddit overall, I'd say Reddit was maybe 600 people 14 months ago. Right now, oh, maybe 800.”
Jack Hanlon Mar 15, 2021 ▶ 7:34 Fireside Chat: Jack Hanlon (VP Data, Reddit) with Matt Turck (Partner, FirstMark)
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Hanlon: Reddit's data team will probably reach ~120 people by end of 2021
“By the end of the year, the data organization I just described will be probably the third largest organization at Reddit with a 120 or so people.”
Jack Hanlon Mar 15, 2021 ▶ 7:43 Fireside Chat: Jack Hanlon (VP Data, Reddit) with Matt Turck (Partner, FirstMark)
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Jack Hanlon: 2020 was the first year every Reddit surface implemented personalization
“Last year was the first year that every Reddit surface saw personalization.”
Jack Hanlon Mar 15, 2021 ▶ 19:00 Fireside Chat: Jack Hanlon (VP Data, Reddit) with Matt Turck (Partner, FirstMark)
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