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Are the companies making a profit on every prompt I give it (factoring in the cost of upgrading GPUs every year or two)?
by checker659 11mo ago
Are the companies making a profit on every prompt I give it (factoring in the cost of upgrading GPUs every year or two)?
- aurareturn 11mo agoAccording to OpenAI, yes. They're "very profitable" on inference. It is the training and capex (driven by competition) that is driving loss.
- PessimalDecimal 11mo agohttps://www.wheresyoured.at/oai_docs/ https://www.wheresyoured.at/oai_docs/ offers a different point of view on OAI's profitability on inference.
- aurareturn 11mo agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45050415 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45050415
- checker659 11mo agoBut isn't that their "moat"? If the moat is the source of losses, then yes, they're operating at a huge loss.
- boxedemp 11mo agoThey've got us addicted. They're going to squeeze us eventually. I know my company don't stop using agent driven development. It's increased our velocity too much.
- jennyholzer 11mo agoi got off that shit two years ago. you're a victim, i am not.
- checker659 11mo agoYou're right. But I easily round robin between Claude, ChatGPT and Gemini every day without noticing any friction whatsoever.