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House Questions Big Tech Over Antitrust Concerns

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David Cicilline of Rhode Island, a Democrat who chairs the subcommittee, stated that the desire to boost the new economy had in effect fostered a mindset that let big tech self-regulate with “little oversight,” and that concentration has resulted. Sutton countered that retailers also tend to employ that model. percent in 2018.

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121 Of The Biggest, Costliest Startup Failures Of All Time

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Indeed, co-founder Alejandro Resnik, the CEO, told the WSJ in 2015 that it was looking to raise a “monster round” of $300 million at a $2 billion valuation to fuel its national expansion. The bet was risky because it required large geographies — indeed, entire nations — to adopt the technology in order for it to scale successfully.

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