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Don't all these AI companies run at negative margins? How do they afford to buy all the books in the world? I don't see how these companies are not already ban

• gambiting 2mo ago
  The same way they can afford to build new data centres - they get investment money.
• imenani 2mo ago
  Regarding subsidy/profits: Anthropic at least seems to be on track to report a profitable Q2 2026 > Anthropic has projected revenue of at least $10.9 billion for the second quarter of 2026, more than double the previous quarter, on track for its first quarterly operating profit of $559 million. https://www.reuters.com/business/anthropic-ipo-valuation-hinges-190-200-billion-2028-revenue-forecast-sources-say-2026-08-15/ https://www.reuters.com/business/anthropic-ipo-valuation-hin...
• brookst 2mo ago
  You should look at the first decade of other capital-intensive companies, like FedEx or spacex. The whole point of investment in private companies is to subsidize u profitable operations. If companies came out the gate being profitable they wouldn’t need investors.
• throw_m239339 2mo ago
  > How do they afford to buy all the books in the world? You are on a VC website at first place, what question is this?