Altman Responds to $13b Revenue Vs. $1.4t Spending

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Sam Altman discusses OpenAI's $13B revenue vs. $1.4T spending, sparking discussion on the financial sustainability of AI ventures; commenters question the valuation and future prospects.

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jethronethro

2 months ago

Sounds like the word salad we've become used to hearing from Sam Altman about OpenAI.

pm2222

2 months ago

  “The biggest issue we are now having is not a compute glut, but it’s a power and… the ability to get the builds done fast enough close to power,” he said. “My problem today… it’s not a supply issue of chips. It’s actually the fact that I don’t have warm shells to plug into.”

This is concerning about chip makers NVIDIA/AMD and the alike

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