<story><title>Ford Acquires Chariot (YC W15)</title><url>https://techcrunch.com/2016/09/09/ford-mobility-solutions-acquires-chariot/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>mox1</author><text>I find it very interesting and frankly quite stupid that Ford is attempting to become an Uber &amp;#x2F; Silicon Valley &amp;#x2F; Technology type company[1]. They practically made the auto industry and have been a leading manufacturer for ~100 years. But lets drop and forget all that, technology is cool!&lt;p&gt;I predict that in 5-10 years this will really come back to haunt them. I was planning to buy some Ford stock for a while, but after seeing this shift, not touching it with a 10ft pole.&lt;p&gt;1. &lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.bloomberg.com&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;videos&amp;#x2F;2016-09-09&amp;#x2F;ford-ceo-on-a-move-to-mobility-services-ride-sharing&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.bloomberg.com&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;videos&amp;#x2F;2016-09-09&amp;#x2F;ford-ceo-on-...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>pb</author><text>In ten years, all auto makers will either be tech companies, or they will be out of business. I&amp;#x27;m impressed that GM and Ford have the foresight to understand this.</text></comment>
<story><title>Ford Acquires Chariot (YC W15)</title><url>https://techcrunch.com/2016/09/09/ford-mobility-solutions-acquires-chariot/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>mox1</author><text>I find it very interesting and frankly quite stupid that Ford is attempting to become an Uber &amp;#x2F; Silicon Valley &amp;#x2F; Technology type company[1]. They practically made the auto industry and have been a leading manufacturer for ~100 years. But lets drop and forget all that, technology is cool!&lt;p&gt;I predict that in 5-10 years this will really come back to haunt them. I was planning to buy some Ford stock for a while, but after seeing this shift, not touching it with a 10ft pole.&lt;p&gt;1. &lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.bloomberg.com&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;videos&amp;#x2F;2016-09-09&amp;#x2F;ford-ceo-on-a-move-to-mobility-services-ride-sharing&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.bloomberg.com&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;videos&amp;#x2F;2016-09-09&amp;#x2F;ford-ceo-on-...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>mkagenius</author><text>One of the biggest reason big companies fail is they get disrupted by smaller players mainly because they are not able to do new innovative things on their own because of drag of a giant company.</text></comment>