https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=combilabsHacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Wed, 08 Jul 2026 04:48:46 +0000I expect you would find that companies that historically invest more in R&D or cap-ex tend to hire more in the following two years, regardless of the form of that investment. It doesn't look like the paper made any effort to control for different forms of R&D or cap-ex.

]]>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 23:11:32 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48811686combilabshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48811686https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48811686I actually see this as an indicator that they still feel they can comfortably raise in the private market. If they tried to rush an IPO into an indifferent public market it would look worse, in my opinion. I'm not saying they're in great shape--they may be in terrible shape for all I know. But I think rushing the IPO would send a worse message than holding off.

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