Dans la Silicon Valley d'aujourd'hui, les personnes les plus qualifiées pour réussir ne sont pas forcément celles les plus qualifiées pour savoir comment le gérer... Richard travaille chez Hooli et vit également avec plusieurs amis développeurs dans un « hacker hostel » (un « incubateur ») dirigé par le millionnaire Erlich. Ce dernier a obtenu cet argent en vendant son application Aviato et permet aux autres de vivre et travailler gratuitement dans sa maison en échange de 10% de ce qu’ils réalisent. Richard a créé un site web nommé Pied Piper permettant d’y envoyer une musique afin de savoir si d’autres morceaux avec les mêmes airs existent déjà afin d’éviter le plagiat. Le site est moqué par tout le monde et Erlich menace même de virer Richard de l’incubateur s’il ne devient pas plus rentable.
Young computer engineer Lily Chan investigates the secretive development division of her employer, a cutting-edge tech company based in San Francisco, which she believes is behind the murder of her boyfriend.
After being laid-off from their corporate day jobs, Aaron, Bryn, Derek, Olivia and Jack compete to get their businesses off the ground when a mystery benefactor promises to invest $500,000 in one of their startups.
An adrenaline-fueled ride through the culture of speculation, innovation and disruption during Silicon Valley’s unprecedented tech boom and subsequent bust in the 1990s. This mostly scripted series weaves in select documentary elements that help tell the true inside story of the internet’s formative years.
In Silicon Valley, the right algorithm can make you a king. And these four friends think they've finally cracked the code.
Docu-series that follows 10 entrepreneurial techies looking to make names for themselves while also perhaps bursting others’ bubbles. To do so, they must enter a grueling seven-week program at Draper University, a program led by billionaire founder and venture capitalist Tim Draper. After a semester of learning the fundamentals of launching a startup company under the mentorship of America’s business leaders, the students will pitch their ideas to venture capitalists eager to find the next big tech innovation.
Industry leaders including Eric Schmidt and Steve Wozniak are interviewed in this remarkable look at how Silicon Valley has produced an unrivaled stream of innovations.