I still don't get it. If you will be able to replace your employees with let's say 10k USD AI machine, what is preventing some of these fired employees to buy s

I still don't get it. If you will be able to replace your employees with let's say 10k USD AI machine, what is preventing some of these fired employees to buy same 10k USD AI machine and start competing with you? Racing you to the bottom? Eventually some investors needs to actually ask questions, like is value of your company 1T USD or just the 10k USD this AI machine costs?