alt Hacker News>> Where are they getting the $500B? Softbank's market cap is 84b and their entire vision fund is only $100b, Oracle only has $11b cash on hand, OpenAI's only raised $17b total...
1. The outlays can be over many years.
2. They can raise debt. People will happily invest at modest yields.
3. They can raise an equity fund.
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b3lvedere • 01/22/2025
Maybe it's in Bison Dollars?
sangnoir • 01/22/2025
4. The US government can chip in via grants, tax breaks or contracts.
It's all very Dr. Strangelove. "Mr. President, we must not allow an AI gap! Now give us billions"
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griomnib • 01/22/2025
4. Trump and Altman are both serial liars and it’s utter bullshit.
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Soooo this isn’t so much ‘announcing an investment’ as ‘announcing an investment opportunity’?
Why not continue:
4. They can start a kickstarter or go fund me
5. They can go on Dragons’ Den
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