alt Hacker NewsAre the companies providing these AI services actually profitable? My impression is that AI prices are grossly suppressed and might explode soon.
Are the companies providing these AI services actually profitable? My impression is that AI prices are grossly suppressed and might explode soon.
It appears very much not. There has been some suggestion that inference may be “profitable” on a unit basis but that’s ignoring most of the costs. When factoring everything in most of these look very much upside down.
While there demand at the moment, it’s also unclear what the demand would be if the prices where “real” aka what it would take to run a sustainable business.