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[–] calamitycastle@lemmy.world 68 points 1 week ago (3 children)

With the name changes isn't it actually MAAAN now? Meta, Alphabet, Apple, Amazon and Netflix.

Nvidia aren't a software company, Y combinator doesn't belong here either.

Microsoft already wasn't in FAANG.

[–] bufalo1973@piefed.social 23 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

ANAMA. Maybe pronounced as enema?

[–] rbos@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] DanVctr@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)
[–] HK65@sopuli.xyz 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)

FAANG was never "software companies" it was for "stocks to buy". IIRC it was invented by Cramer et al.

[–] calamitycastle@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Oh OK I always heard of it in software development circles as "if you want to go corpo and earn a shitload of money for a few years, go FAANG" but I see how you mean. Can you buy stocks in Y Combinator then? Or is that just a convenient inclusion for the screengrabbed post?

[–] juliebean@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

thank you. i was trying to figure out wtf the Y was.

[–] zip@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 week ago

I had assumed it was Yandex