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Dan Frommer

@fromedome
26 posts
2025-05-08
Big. @fidjissimo has excelled as CEO of Instacart, which is a great product, a complex (and growing) business, and, in my personal experience, a well-run company. But this seems like a once-in-a-lifetime kind of opportunity, for someone who very clearly gives a shit.
2025-05-08 View on X
Instacart Corporate Blog

Instacart CEO Fidji Simo tells employees that she is leaving in a couple of months, the new CEO will be a management team member, and she will stay on as Chair

Instacart CEO and Chair Fidji Simo shared the email below with Instacart employees this evening.  You can read it in full here:

@fidjissimo There are CEOs that you can just tell don't really know the ins and outs of their product. They are too stuck in the exec vortex for too long. Listening to Fidji on Instacart's calls was top-tier in-the-weeds CEO stuff, across product, business dynamics, and culture. Onward!
2025-05-08 View on X
OpenAI

OpenAI hires Instacart CEO Fidji Simo as CEO of Applications, reporting to Sam Altman, who says he will remain CEO and focus on research, compute, and safety

Sam shared this message with the company earlier today:  —  Hi everyone - I have some exciting news to share.

Big. @fidjissimo has excelled as CEO of Instacart, which is a great product, a complex (and growing) business, and, in my personal experience, a well-run company. But this seems like a once-in-a-lifetime kind of opportunity, for someone who very clearly gives a shit.
2025-05-08 View on X
OpenAI

OpenAI hires Instacart CEO Fidji Simo as CEO of Applications, reporting to Sam Altman, who says he will remain CEO and focus on research, compute, and safety

Sam shared this message with the company earlier today:  —  Hi everyone - I have some exciting news to share.

@fidjissimo There are CEOs that you can just tell don't really know the ins and outs of their product. They are too stuck in the exec vortex for too long. Listening to Fidji on Instacart's calls was top-tier in-the-weeds CEO stuff, across product, business dynamics, and culture. Onward!
2025-05-08 View on X
Instacart Corporate Blog

Instacart CEO Fidji Simo tells employees that she is leaving in a couple of months, the new CEO will be a management team member, and she will stay on as Chair

Instacart CEO and Chair Fidji Simo shared the email below with Instacart employees this evening.  You can read it in full here:

2025-04-03
Anyway going to start tweeting like it's 2009 again
2025-04-03 View on X
CNBC

Tech stocks fall after President Trump announced new global tariffs: Meta drops as much as ~8%, Amazon drops ~7%, Nvidia ~5%, Alphabet ~4%, and Microsoft ~3%

Apple slid more than 6% in late trading Wednesday and led a broader decline in tech stocks after President Donald Trump announced …

Anyway going to start tweeting like it's 2009 again
2025-04-03 View on X
Bloomberg

The US announces a 34% “reciprocal” tariff hike on China, taking effect from April 9; economists say the average US tariffs on Chinese products are at least 65%

Bloomberg :

2025-01-18
Even among daily users of TikTok, fewer than half think no, the Chinese government is not using TikTok's content recommendation algorithm to make Americans feel more socially and politically divided. [image]
2025-01-18 View on X
Bloomberg

SCOTUS upholds the TikTok divest-or-ban law, saying free speech rights must yield to concerns that Chinese control of the app creates a national-security risk

but Trump Lobbying May Save It Tripp Mickle / New York Times : Oracle May Hold TikTok's Future in Its Hands Solcyré Burga / Time : Everything Trump Has Said About the TikTok Ban Da...

Even among daily users of TikTok, fewer than half think no, the Chinese government is not using TikTok's content recommendation algorithm to make Americans feel more socially and politically divided. [image]
2025-01-18 View on X
CNBC

TikTok says it will go dark in the US on Sunday unless the Biden admin provides a “definitive statement” to critical service providers assuring non-enforcement

TikTok said its services will go dark on Sunday without a guarantee from the Biden administration that it won't punish Apple …

2025-01-17
Even among daily users of TikTok, fewer than half think no, the Chinese government is not using TikTok's content recommendation algorithm to make Americans feel more socially and politically divided. [image]
2025-01-17 View on X
Bloomberg

SCOTUS upholds the TikTok divest-or-ban law, says free speech rights must yield to concerns that Chinese control of the app creates a national-security risk

The Supreme Court upheld a law that threatens to shut down the wildly popular TikTok social media platform in the US as soon as Sunday …

2022-12-09
Amazon is the cheesiest, totally oblivious to it, and I kinda love that https://twitter.com/...
2022-12-09 View on X
Wall Street Journal

Amazon rolls out Inspire, a TikTok-like photo and video feed in its app that lets customers “like” and buy products, initially to select customers in the US

2022-10-26
@cabel And then, a year later, while introducing iCloud/MobileMe Mail: “No ads. We build products that we want for ourselves, too, and we just don't want ads.” https://twitter.com/...
2022-10-26 View on X
MacRumors

After Apple rolls out its new App Store ad units, prominent developers complain about gambling ads appearing in their app listings with no way to stop them

Apple today rolled out new ad placements in the App Store on the iPhone, allowing developers to advertise their apps in more places …

2022-05-11
Pouring one out for the iPod One of my all-time favorite charts, the classic stegosaurus formation: https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
2022-05-11 View on X
TechCrunch

Apple discontinues the iPod touch, leaving the device on sale “while supplies last” and ending the product line after debuting the original iPod in October 2001

iPod touch will be available while supplies last Adrian Kingsley-Hughes / ZDNet : It's the end of the road for the iPod Mitchell Clark / The Verge : Apple discontinues the iPod aft...

2022-01-17
AppleVision throwback doesn't hurt either [picture of AppleVision 1710 display]
2022-01-17 View on X
9to5Mac

Gurman: Apple's headset will likely cost $2,000+ and have two CPUs, one on par with the M1 Pro, two 8K displays, and an interchangeable prescription lens option

but may have M1 Pro graphics performance Joe Rossignol / MacRumors : Gurman: Apple Considered a Battery-Powered ‘HomePod’ Years Ago José Adorno / 9to5Mac : Report: Apple's CarKey f...

2021-09-10
Smart, especially as Amex+Resy start shipping stuff. But now they have to actually allow it to thrive... easy to ruin a cool/fun/useful media company under bad corporate ownership. Good one to watch. https://twitter.com/...
2021-09-10 View on X
Wall Street Journal

JPMorgan Chase acquires The Infatuation, a restaurant discovery service that bought Zagat from Google in 2018

2021-02-12
Great product. Big hit. https://twitter.com/...
2021-02-12 View on X
Above Avalon

According to an estimate Apple Watch reached 100M users in December, 30M of which came in 2020; 35% of US iPhone users wear an Apple Watch

More than 100 million people wear an Apple Watch.  Based on my estimates, Apple surpassed the important adoption milestone this past December.

2020-12-03
@reckless Literally on my list of “Why I stopped trying with the iPad Pro”. I guess it is “app of the year” the way Trump was “man of the year” in 2016.
2020-12-03 View on X
TechCrunch

Apple announces Best of 2020 apps and most downloaded apps: home workout app Wakeout! won App of the Year for iPhone, Zoom for iPad, Disney+ for Apple TV

2020-08-13
On @Square's earnings call last week, @Jack said “Cash App is culture,” which is a ridiculous thing to say, but also kinda true. More than any other financial services brand I know, @CashApp feels fun and relevant. More in the piece for @newconsumer subs: https://newconsumer.com/...
2020-08-13 View on X
TechCrunch

Square says it is testing a short-term loan feature, giving between $20 and $200, repayable over a month, with around 1,000 users

Anthony Ha / TechCrunch :

Square's @CashApp doesn't get much attention in the tech industry, but it's likely one of the fastest-growing banks in the US, w/ 30 million active users in June, and a fascinating study in brand/voice: https://newconsumer.com/...
2020-08-13 View on X
TechCrunch

Square says it is testing a short-term loan feature, giving between $20 and $200, repayable over a month, with around 1,000 users

Anthony Ha / TechCrunch :

2020-07-06
Translation: UberEats is buying LA for $2 billion. https://twitter.com/...
2020-07-06 View on X
CNBC

Uber buys food delivery service Postmates for $2.65B in an all-stock deal

- Uber agreed to buy Postmates, the fourth-largest U.S. delivery food service, for $2.65 billion in stock.  — Uber had attempted to acquire GrubHub last month but talks failed.

2020-06-12
As I've said before, AR is going to be f****** crazy. https://twitter.com/...
2020-06-12 View on X
TechCrunch

Snap says more than 170M+ people access AR features daily and updates its AR platform with voice search, geography-specific Local Lenses, and SnapML

Lucas Matney / TechCrunch :