How much would Google or Microsoft pay for an algorithm that compresses 1GB of data into 10kb?

Question

imagine u have an super algorithm that compresses 1gb of data into 10 KB , and a major company wants to buy your super code, how much would you ask for it ? 😂😂😂😂

Answer 1

I would distribute it as Free software rather than give it to a big corporation. the utility would benefit everyone. Think your internet speed would experience a quantum leap. everyone would be connected seamlessly in mere milliseconds.

Why not benefit everyone rather than just a few?

Answer 2

According to SE,

"... Pure algorithms are explicitly exempted from being patentable as are mathematical facts and formulas and "ideas"..."

which is at least true in the U.S. (but peculiar, because there are legal ways to get around this)

IMO, algorithms are merely discovered, not created. What you can patent and sell, is usually an implementation of an algorithm. The algorithm itself rightfully belongs to everyone in this world. I would certainly endorse publishing it to public without imposing any form of royalties, and get your face printed into academic papers which would go down in history and probably last longer than your economic profit would. :>

Answer 3

Massive corporations mmmm personally, probably nothing. As they would be the best form of advertising.

Answer 4

This reminds me of the plot from the show called Silicon Valley during the first season. If I recall it correctly, a developer came up with a compression algorithm for lossless compression for music streaming. When the developer seeks funding for the streaming service, it turns into this crazy bidding war between Microsoft and Google or some fictionalized version of those companies. However, the bidding war was really for the compression algorithm and not for the streaming concept.

When the developer is deciding between which company to sell to, he gets advice to not sell. Rather, the advice is to keep the algorithm and attempt to build a company on his own with the prospects of making substantially more.

If you get a chance to check out season 1, you might get a kick out of it.

Answer 5

I know that's impossible,but if I had it I wouldn't sell it.Illd only partner with other other companies to invest in it,illd still be the major stock owner tho,creepily I've always thought of this

Answer 6

I guess it depends on how good the algorithm works, if system performance decrease from the compression/decompression process, they might just opt to get more storage space, rather than adding compression/decompression algorithm workload on the server, of course they will calculate and compare whether if the algorithm cost is well competitive to new storage space cost.

Answer 7

LOL . good joke!

Answer 8

hahaha