Leaked financial docs show OpenAI is losing billions of dollars a year

Re:Leaked financial docs show OpenAI is losing billions of d... by bruce343434 on Wednesday June 17, 2026 @09:01PM (#48579207)

Why would the company pay more when they can just not pay more? The only things I can see happening is they might lower prices as competition ramps up, or in general as there is more supply for the same cost.

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Re:Leaked financial docs show OpenAI is losing billions of d... by paytonjjones on Wednesday June 17, 2026 @09:17PM (#48579332)

If there's sufficient demand, that's just what happens.

To try and explain one path: Company A doesn't raise wages but makes 5% more money. Company B pivots from Industry B into construction (because suddenly construction is having 5% fatter margins), and hires workers at more competitive wages to poach them from Company A. Company A forces to raise wages.

If there's a demand ceiling on housing it's a different story though.

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Re:Leaked financial docs show OpenAI is losing billions of d... by Snowfield9571 on Thursday June 18, 2026 @03:15PM (#48590125)

More like company B purchases a construction company and changes nothing but number go up for shareholders while wages stay stagnant for people producing actual value, as they have for decades.

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Re:Leaked financial docs show OpenAI is losing billions of d... by haaz on Wednesday June 17, 2026 @09:19PM (#48579339)

If labour supply is fixed and productivity goes up then the value and demand for labour goes up, driving up wages

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Re:Leaked financial docs show OpenAI is losing billions of d... by danny_codes on Friday June 19, 2026 @01:26AM (#48595073)

Why would demand for labor rise if productivity rises?

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