4 points | by yhavin 8 hours ago
5 comments
Alibaba. Reason: Qwen, open source work.
Meta. Reason: open source work (although this is love/hate due to privacy etc etc)
Google. Reason: Free services, open source work, creation of modern AI (including Transformers).
OpenAI. Reason: Chat GPT 4o, driving the industry forward (less so now)
BBC. For doing us proud.
Raspberry PI Holdings. Reason: Progressing education, affordable SBCs, following a proud tradition (Acorn, ARM, Sinclair)
Espressif. Reason: ESP series products (cheap, easy to use, feature Laden)
LONGi & Trina Solar: Reason: Perovskite solar panel innovations
Runners up (publicly funded so not companies as such):
CERN: Reason: Research and open source work.
NASA: Reason: Research.
The ones that pay their taxes fully.
Purism, because they created a usable GNU/Linux phone and offer Linux laptops. They also wrote a lot of dedicated free software for them.
Pine64, because they offer various Linux-first hardware and a cheap GNU/Linux phone.
System76 for their Linux laptops and Cosmic desktop environment.
See also:
Ask HN: What companies are you excited about?
63 points by mholt on Jan 22, 2021 | 79 comments
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25869285
Ask HN: What are ethical companies like Patagonia and some digital counterparts?
48 points by maremmano on Dec 28, 2023 | 58 comments
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38796842
Who actually cares?
Why? All these companies are not your friends.
All companies are bad because they all prioritize profits
Alibaba. Reason: Qwen, open source work.
Meta. Reason: open source work (although this is love/hate due to privacy etc etc)
Google. Reason: Free services, open source work, creation of modern AI (including Transformers).
OpenAI. Reason: Chat GPT 4o, driving the industry forward (less so now)
BBC. For doing us proud.
Raspberry PI Holdings. Reason: Progressing education, affordable SBCs, following a proud tradition (Acorn, ARM, Sinclair)
Espressif. Reason: ESP series products (cheap, easy to use, feature Laden)
LONGi & Trina Solar: Reason: Perovskite solar panel innovations
Runners up (publicly funded so not companies as such):
CERN: Reason: Research and open source work.
NASA: Reason: Research.
The ones that pay their taxes fully.
Purism, because they created a usable GNU/Linux phone and offer Linux laptops. They also wrote a lot of dedicated free software for them.
Pine64, because they offer various Linux-first hardware and a cheap GNU/Linux phone.
System76 for their Linux laptops and Cosmic desktop environment.
See also:
Ask HN: What companies are you excited about?
63 points by mholt on Jan 22, 2021 | 79 comments
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25869285
Ask HN: What are ethical companies like Patagonia and some digital counterparts?
48 points by maremmano on Dec 28, 2023 | 58 comments
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38796842
Who actually cares?
Why? All these companies are not your friends.
All companies are bad because they all prioritize profits