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#243 – Kevin Systrom: Instagram

Lex Fridman Podcast

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Rethinking the Algorithm

Instagram, along with its massive employee base of 13 people, was sold to Facebook for $1 billion in 2012. "I've never seen so many jobs drop, all in unison," says Instagram co-founder Mike Krieger. The company is now working on a new type of algorithm called reinforcement learning that could revolutionize the way we use social media.

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