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The cheap money for subsidizing tokens has begun to run out. Not all gone, yet, but it's getting harder to pretend the chatbots are cost-effective to run. Soon,
by SwellJoe 5mo ago
The cheap money for subsidizing tokens has begun to run out. Not all gone, yet, but it's getting harder to pretend the chatbots are cost-effective to run. Soon, they're going to need to tap a larger pool for money: Everyone's retirement accounts.
- mgraczyk 5mo agoThe numbers are public now, this is obviously false
- SwellJoe 5mo agoWhich public numbers are you referring to that contradict what I said?
- paustint 5mo agoIf SpaceX, OpenAI, and Anthropic get fast tracked to be on NASDAQ or S&P 500 then they are required to be included in index funds which will be automatically included in retirement accounts and that will give investors an exit. https://youtu.be/yhRjvX_t4hc?si=N-a-s_5ttWKfVeJZ https://youtu.be/yhRjvX_t4hc?si=N-a-s_5ttWKfVeJZ
- siren2026 5mo agoyes it will keep the grift going for a couple months due to the index artificial demand. Actually, SpaceX timed the unlocking of their shares to the timeline index funds will have to buy. Guess who will hold the bag when it's all going downhill?
- JumpCrisscross 5mo ago> If SpaceX, OpenAI, and Anthropic get fast tracked to be on NASDAQ or S&P 500 S&P 500 said no. NASDAQ 100 is a tiny tech index. The retirement conspiracy could have been a thing, and its effect isn't zero, but oh my god was it overblown by the influencer crowd.
- applfanboysbgon 5mo ago"Nothing happened on Y2K, everyone was overreacting"
- JumpCrisscross 5mo agoThe notion that S&P's committee took online chatter into account is silly beyond explanation. If anything, S&P management would have put their fingers on the scale to include these new issues.
- lelanthran 5mo ago> The numbers are public now, Where?
- nonethewiser 5mo agoCan you elaborate? Whats the connection between retirement accounts and subsidizing tokens?