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I would bet money Anthropic and OpenAI are actually profitable on inference. The problem is they have to spend large sums of money to train models that are esse
by impulser_ 5mo ago
I would bet money Anthropic and OpenAI are actually profitable on inference. The problem is they have to spend large sums of money to train models that are essentially worthless after a few months.
- Leynos 5mo agoA large part of the GPT-5.x model iteration has been about making training more affordable and token efficient.
- AussieWog93 5mo agoDario explicitly stated this in an interview. They make more money from inference than they do training the model, but then the next model gets so much more expensive to train so their annual figures have been in the red.
- MadxX79 5mo agoSo, it's like if they were a pharma company that was barely profitable if you didn't take into account R&D costs?