Microsoft’s filings obscure the cost of OpenAI, but Wednesday’s earnings may offer clarity.

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    4 days ago

    “Stake in OpenAI doesn’t return profit”

    And I don’t see how it could. Sell copilot at a loss, which consumes ChatGPT (sold at a loss) which runs on Azure (exchanged at below cost for stock in OpenAI).

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      I’m sure we’ll see a bloodbath in the coming years as it all falls apart, and then the big companies like Microsoft and Google will vacuum up the pieces for themselves.

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        I’m not sure where it will land. MS and Google are funding a lot of it so they stand to lose a lot of money.

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          They’re going to use that as the leverage they need to get a good deal on it. Usually these types of investment arrangements give first rights of refusal when looting the corpse.

          It’s already calculated, in my opinion.