<story><title>Snap commits $2B over 5 years for Google Cloud infrastructure</title><url>https://techcrunch.com/2017/02/02/snap-commits-2-billion-over-5-years-for-google-cloud-infrastructure/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>hemancuso</author><text>So they hit $400m of revenue in 2016 and have committed to spend at least that much on infrastructure each year for the next 5 years? After all the costs for staffing and everything else they better I hope they achieve amazing growth if they ever intend to profit.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>andrenotgiant</author><text>I think Techcrunch read:&lt;p&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;  We have committed to spend $2 billion with Google Cloud over the next five years&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;
and decided &amp;quot;that&amp;#x27;s $2B&amp;#x2F;5=$400M per year.&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;In reality, it&amp;#x27;s probably more like $200M, $300M, $400M, $500M, $600M</text></comment>
<story><title>Snap commits $2B over 5 years for Google Cloud infrastructure</title><url>https://techcrunch.com/2017/02/02/snap-commits-2-billion-over-5-years-for-google-cloud-infrastructure/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>hemancuso</author><text>So they hit $400m of revenue in 2016 and have committed to spend at least that much on infrastructure each year for the next 5 years? After all the costs for staffing and everything else they better I hope they achieve amazing growth if they ever intend to profit.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>georgeott</author><text>Will Snap exist in 5 years?</text></comment>