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Re:Nvidia and OpenAI abandon unfinished $100B deal in favour... by hansmayer on Friday February 20, 2026 @09:16AM (#47088327)
It is a rather attractive view, and I used to hold it too. However, seeing as Alphabet recently issued 100-year bonds to finance the AI CapEx bloat, means they are not that far off from the rest of the AI "YOLO"s currently jumping off the cliff ...
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Re:Nvidia and OpenAI abandon unfinished $100B deal in favour... by jazzypants on Friday February 20, 2026 @09:42AM (#47088620)
They have over $100B in cash on hand. I can't pretend to understand their financial dealings, but they have a lot more runway before that cliff than most of the other companies.
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Re:Nvidia and OpenAI abandon unfinished $100B deal in favour... by gorgolo on Friday February 20, 2026 @09:39AM (#47088589)
If someone is willing to fund you with a 100y bond, and it gives you extra cash to move even a bit faster, it sounds like a pretty good deal.

One thing I don’t get though, if superintelligence is really 5 years away, what’s going to be the point of a fixed-interest 100y bond.

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Re:Nvidia and OpenAI abandon unfinished $100B deal in favour... by hansmayer on Friday February 20, 2026 @10:45AM (#47089475)
Motorola was I think the last company to issue a 100-year bond in the 90s. Whatever happened to Motorola?
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