Is AI Profitable Yet?

Re:Is AI Profitable Yet? by c0rruptbytes on Friday May 22, 2026 @10:50PM (#48244100)

Deepseek is really killing it if that's their total spend

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Re:Is AI Profitable Yet? by conradkay on Friday May 22, 2026 @11:54PM (#48244494)

https://www.techinasia.com/news/chinas-deepseek-eyes-10b-fun...

Would be weird if they're raising $10 billion after spending only 0.3

https://newsletter.semianalysis.com/p/deepseek-debates

Probably more like 3-4 billion by now?

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Re:Is AI Profitable Yet? by hootz on Friday May 22, 2026 @10:59PM (#48244155)

Right? Their V4 model is too good for them to be spending less than 1% of what Anthropic is.

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Re:Is AI Profitable Yet? by keyle on Friday May 22, 2026 @10:59PM (#48244154)

Yeah. Meta on the other hand. Ouch.

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Re:Is AI Profitable Yet? by hootz on Friday May 22, 2026 @11:01PM (#48244169)

Apparently their strategy is to dump a fuckton of money in hopes that that will make them dominate the market, just like they did with the metaverse thing. It's like a hobbyist who buys the most expensive gear on the first day of trying out a new hobby.

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Re:Is AI Profitable Yet? by keyle on Saturday May 23, 2026 @03:47AM (#48245649)

I thought it was to burn the planet so as long as one island remains untouched.

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