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> OpenAI says they're very profitable on inference. Great, but they need to burn billions on advertising, freemeium, and mostly R&D for new models.
by KaiserPro 10mo ago
> OpenAI says they're very profitable on inference.
Great, but they need to burn billions on advertising, freemeium, and mostly R&D for new models.
- aurareturn 10mo agoSo do all their competitors.
- rurp 10mo agoGoogle and Microsoft have immense money printing machines. They can lose many billions of dollars for years and be fine as a business. OpenAI, not so much.
- aurareturn 10mo agoSure OpenAI can. They are the most well funded private company in history. Everyone wants to invest in them. Meanwhile, Google and Microsoft are public companies and their stock can drop and their shareholders can force them to exit.