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Wolfram Alpha destroys 23andMe’s Strategic Advantage? Huh?

Steve: Wolfram Alpha destroys 23andMe’s Strategic Advantage?

No.

Long answer: Huh? Alpha is Mathematica in a web browser search box. That’s cool. I like Mathematica. It would be cool if I could query Mathematica from a free REST HTTP API. If you don’t know what Mathematica is, and you don’t know what all three of those acronyms mean, then Wolfram Alpha isn’t for you. I don’t know what the connection is between Alpha and 23andMe other than Alpha featured a nice DNA sequence viewer in its demo screencast.

23andMe’s “Strategic Advantages” are:

  1. A solid team with deep connections to people who actually know how to get stuff done and have plenty of money to make that stuff happen.
  2. Brand.
  3. Years of paying customers.

I don’t see how the existence of “web Mathematica” Wolfram Alpha addresses any of these points. I do see how this is a symptom of acute BIZDEV! poisoning. Limit Twitter intake and solve at least one math equation before bedtime and call the office if you continue to experience symptoms.

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