alt Hacker NewsAnthropic is looking to IPO here soon. A key aspect of this is to prove profitability.
Shifting their focus from Training new models to instead serving inference, they would greatly reduce their spend. In fact this is something being reported on that they are already doing, which is the reason for their first ever profitable quarter.
Its awfully convenient that the company which has greatly reduced its spend on training is now asking for a slow down in this area.
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Honest question: Is anyone here looking to put their own money into the Anthropic, OpenAI or SpaceX IPOs?
Maybe it is my poverty mindset that is holding me back, however, I can't imagine becoming an investor in any of the AI 'startups'.
There are plenty of pundits able to advise others on where to put their money, and sometimes there is everyone and their dog advising you to get into Bitcoin, gold or some other scheme. With alt-coins there were lots of people saying that you should get in, and plenty of naysayers. Yet I am not hearing anyone that uses AI professionally try to convince others to get into the AI IPOs coming up. Maybe the overall economic situation precludes it.
Hence my question, is anyone here planning to put their own hard-earned money into Anthropic (or the other AI 'start ups')?
I mean, if they've consumed all of human knowledge. What's left for them to train on? This pivot isn't only because it's cheaper and a way to juice the numbers for an IPO, it's survival because they can't improve more.