Re:OpenAI raises $8.3B at $300B valuation
by dmix on Friday August 01, 2025 @12:19PM
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So about the same revenue as SpaceX.
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But what's SpaceX's revenue growth rate?
OpenAI will likely be a huge business. Just adding a datapoint for reference.
SpaceX is unique.
OpenAI is one of many.
Re:OpenAI raises $8.3B at $300B valuation
by cactusplant7374 on Friday August 01, 2025 @03:52PM
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The many being companies that no one has heard of and only have a following here.
SpaceX has a price advantage over their competitors, not a capability advantage.
Putting things in orbit has been possible for ~70 years
Frequency of launches is a capability.
Re:OpenAI raises $8.3B at $300B valuation
by throwaway6612 on Saturday August 02, 2025 @09:20AM
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Cessnas have a price advantage over Boeings, not a capability advantage.
Putting things in air has been possible for ~120 years.
Re:OpenAI raises $8.3B at $300B valuation
by CamperBob2 on Friday August 01, 2025 @07:07PM
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Let's see how the inevitable patent wars shake out.
Re:OpenAI raises $8.3B at $300B valuation
by MuffinFlavored on Saturday August 02, 2025 @11:14AM
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> OpenAI is one of many.
Maybe to you as a tech person who is online a lot/reads message boards/etc.
I don't think my mother in law/the average person knows Claude, Gemini, etc. but I surely overhear young kids/average people on trains talking about "ChatGPT" almost exclusively