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by LUmBULtERA 3mo ago
OpenAI inference revenue exceeds its cost of inference by a good margin in 2025 (https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/openaifinance.001.png https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/opena...)
- jijijijij 3mo agoGreat, but that's only a part of operational costs. A craftsman's revenue may exceed the electricity bill for the power drill, doesn't mean the business is sustainable.
- LUmBULtERA 3mo agoDay 2 the craftsman has not made up for the investment/loss of their equipment. Not a useful example.
- jijijijij 3mo agoSorry, I don't understand what you are trying to say.
- LUmBULtERA 3mo agoThe craftsman, who may otherwise be profitable, also has investment costs that cause them to show a loss for some time.
- jijijijij 3mo ago"Otherwise". If the craftsman revenue isn't enough to recover the investment expenses, the business is operating at loss. But that's beside the point, because research investments are not the issue at hand. As said before: Interference costs are not the only operational costs. Same as electricity costs for the craftsman. Running a power drill is not the the whole expense to consider. The craftsman has to eat, AI company's employees have to eat. The craftsman has to learn about new building standards, the AI company has to train their models because no one wants to use a product stuck in time (that's not "research", just maintenance). If not even interference was recovered in revenue, nobody would even start to argue about sustainability. I can't debate this further, because HN is rate limiting my account for dissenting opinions in the past.