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Re:AI Companies Are Trying to Hide a Staggering Amount of Debt by muellero on Thursday July 23, 2026 @02:59PM (#49026464)
If big tech bonds are a terrible deal for investors at 8%, then Google or OpenAI is getting a screaming deal by raising debt at that rate. Saying nobody should be investing in these bonds is very similar to saying that big tech should raise more debt.
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Re:AI Companies Are Trying to Hide a Staggering Amount of Debt by AnimalMuppet on Thursday July 23, 2026 @03:14PM (#49026659)
Yes, they should, if they can. But on the other side, life insurance companies and pension funds should not be buying it.
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Re:AI Companies Are Trying to Hide a Staggering Amount of Debt by muellero on Thursday July 23, 2026 @04:31PM (#49027622)
Agree with you on that. I just wanted to point out that Big Tech debt being a bad purchase for things like pension funds means its a good deal for big tech. Everyone else in the thread seems very negative on big tech debt for some reason. You can't have it both ways.
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