alt Hacker News> I think everyone is reading way too much into this. Sure there is some circular transactions that are sus, but this ain't it.
Alphabet/Google profits:
Q1 2025: $34.54 billion
Q2 2025: $28.20 billion
Q3 2025: $34.98 billion
Q4 2025: $34.46 billion
<<Q1 2026: $62.58 billion>>
Amazon profits:
Q1 2025: $17.1 billion
Q2 2025: $18.16 billion
Q3 2025: $21.2 billion
Q4 2025: $21.19 billion
<<Q1 2026: $30.3 billion>>
Both Alphabet/Google and Amazon have invested recently into Anthropic and are doing all sorts of financial chicanery.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bjNrGFiAI4
Nah, man, it's all fine, they're just going to take down the entire global financial system doing this crap, and by global, I mean <<everyone's>> pensions are going to take a hit, even "fully funded" pension systems.
> Both Alphabet/Google and Amazon have invested recently into Anthropic and are doing all sorts of financial chicanery
bko didn’t say there isn’t circular financing going on. They’re just saying this isn’t an example of it. They’re right.
It’s a potential conflict of interest. And if the agreement is fake—if Google cancels without paying the cash—it could be market manipulation. But the influencer space likes to latch onto jargon, and the one it’s overapplying right now is circular financing.