Why “companies” is being discussed
The most recent Hacker News stories and comments contributing to this topic's mentions.
AI is actually a big reason why there are so many vulnerabilities over the past year and a half. People don't even know what their code bases look like anymore. It's really bad…
by thatsabadlook · Oct 31, 2026
The Bailout already happened. A decade of ZIRP was giving these companies a blank check to pile assets while driving up inflation and ruining the bond market.
by GaryNumanVevo · Oct 31, 2026
Where do you see the industry getting monopolized? GitHub is getting overloaded because there are too many new projects. That's the opposite of a monopoly and most of them are f…
by tancop · Oct 31, 2026
I think it's because technologists are easier to manage. Product engineers, on the other hand, are actually quite ambiguous to evaluate. Many methodologies have been introduced,…
by jdw64 · Oct 31, 2026
Why Google, Microsoft, Anthropic and OpenAI need their own AI detection tools
by nitishr · Oct 31, 2026 · 1 points
Lots of panic around these incidents. This is a healing process. Companies who sacraficed on security for a long time are incurring the consequences, they'll adjust their postur…
by lifeisloving · Oct 31, 2026
Interest
Proportion of Hacker News items mentioning "companies" over time.
Mentions
Total number of Hacker News items mentioning "companies" over time.
A company is a legal entity representing an association of legal persons with a shared objective, such as generating profit or benefiting society. Depending on the jurisdiction, companies can take on various forms, including voluntary associations, nonprofit organizations, business entities, financial entities, banks, and educational institutions. Companies have evolved to share common legal features, such as a separate legal personality, limited liability, transferable shares, investor ownership, and a managerial hierarchy. Read more on Wikipedia