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X (Twitter)

x.com
65ICP
Social MediaSan Francisco, CAFounded 2006
65
ICP Score
Moderate Fit

Highly volatile under Musk ownership. Significant changes in vendor relationships and priorities.

Industry
Social Media
Team Size
1,500+
Est. Revenue
$3B+ (est., 2024)
Website
x.com

Key People

EM
Elon Musk
Owner & CTO
LY
Linda Yaccarino
CEO

Discovery Questions

Tailored questions to ask on your call, based on research findings:

  1. 1

    How are vendor decisions made in the current X organization?

  2. 2

    What's the vision for X beyond social media?

  3. 3

    How is Grok AI being integrated into the platform?

  4. 4

    What's the advertising strategy given brand safety concerns?

Talking Points

  • 1

    Elon Musk makes rapid decisions - vendor relationships can change quickly

  • 2

    Linda Yaccarino handles advertising and brand partnerships

  • 3

    Brand safety concerns have affected advertiser relationships

  • 4

    Significant engineering reductions - lean operations

About

X (formerly Twitter) is a social media platform for real-time conversation and news. Under Elon Musk's ownership since 2022, the company has undergone significant restructuring, rebranded from Twitter to X, and is building toward an 'everything app' vision including payments and long-form content.

X Social PlatformX PremiumX AdsX Spaces (Audio)CommunitiesX Payments (planned)

Target market: Users seeking real-time news and conversation, advertisers targeting engaged audiences, creators building audiences

Tech Stack

Backend

ScalaJavaPython

Infrastructure

On-premise (formerly AWS)GCP

Data

ManhattanKafkaCustom systems

Mobile

SwiftKotlin

Hiring Signals

Open Roles
45
Growth
Low

By Department

Engineering
25
Sales
10
Trust & Safety
5
Product
3
Marketing
2

Primary Focus: Expanding Engineering team

Recent News

X launches Grok AI chatbot integration2024-03-28
X Premium subscribers reach 5 million2024-06-15
X faces continued advertiser concerns over brand safety2024-01-18

Competitive Landscape

Threads (Meta)
Bluesky
Mastodon
TikTok
LinkedIn

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