Seonglae ChoCompanies like Apple and Microsoft integrate from hardware to software, or pursue related business areas
Vertical integration means build systems–CI–deployment–version control–IDE–code search–test runners are tightly connected to provide a unified workflow
Early startups are rushed with MVP and lack time/resources to build vertical integration. In open source, collaboration issues prevent it.
Horizontal Integration
Acquiring companies in fields unrelated to the current business
Often called octopus-style expansion
AI era moat
Power in the Age of Intelligence
Or, strategy for those who plan to benefit from abundance
https://www.notboring.co/p/power-in-the-age-of-intelligence
Atoms are Cheap, Process is Pricey
What SpaceX teaches us about building hard things.
https://futureblind.com/p/atoms-are-cheap-process-is-pricey
Vertical Integration is the Only Thing That Matters
The utility of a tool is limited by the amount of the system it understands
https://becca.ooo/blog/vertical-integration/
수직계열화와 수평계열화에 대해서 알아봅시다.
수직계열화는 한 제품에 대한 생산부터 판매까지에 필요한 회사들을 계열사로 만드는 것이다. 예를 들어서 자동차에 관련해서 수직계열화를 했다는 의미는 자동자용품을 만드는 회사, 자동자부품을 만드는 회사, 자동차를 조립하는 회사, 자동차를 판매 및 수출하는 회사 등 자동차의 제작 및 판매까지의 단계에서 각각의 역할을 하는 회사들을 인수 or 자회사 or 계열사로 만들어다는 뜻이다.
https://aedi.tistory.com/126
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