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Re:TSMC execs allegedly dismissed OpenAI CEO Sam Altman as '... by zurfer on Friday September 27, 2024 @09:47AM (#41670400)
Amazon was not profitable for many years, yet they are one of the most valuable companies in the world. Why? Because they kept growing.

What OpenAI is doing is "sustainable" if they keep growing like that. From summer 2023 to summer 2024 they 6x their revenue to 3.4B USD. If they 4x next year and 3x the year after, they would make 40B in revenue.

Re:TSMC execs allegedly dismissed OpenAI CEO Sam Altman as '... by mrbungie on Friday September 27, 2024 @10:25AM (#41670906)
That's a common misconception: They reinvested their money back into Amazon, which when justified with a sound strategy to investors makes sense. It was kept by design at an almost 0 profit, but non profitable != operating at a loss (vs OAI, that has been predicted to loss up to 5B this year).
Re:TSMC execs allegedly dismissed OpenAI CEO Sam Altman as '... by j_maffe on Friday September 27, 2024 @10:45AM (#41671131)
You're assuming exponential growth based on early growth rates. Those rates are extremely unlikely.