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It is subsidized by gov contracts. Everyone who has common sense immediately said the real money is Altman getting into the governments pants which is why he an
by Ritewut 3mo ago
It is subsidized by gov contracts. Everyone who has common sense immediately said the real money is Altman getting into the governments pants which is why he and Brockman lobby so hard. You take away those contracts and OpenAI is dead in the water.
- missedthecue 3mo agoWhat? You believe that if you remove government contracts they're selling tokens below cost?
- simonw 3mo agoAnthropic are apparently making more revenue than OpenAI, and their government contracts have famously been curtailed.
- nicce 3mo agoThey are different things. Government money is very predictable and consistent, and based on different calculations that typical consumer-oriented sales. Profits are usually easier.
- bgirard 3mo agoSpaceX was said to be subsidized by gov contracts. Look at where that got it...
- Ritewut 3mo agoYou say "... was said to be" as if it's a fairy tale. SpaceX was subsidized by gov contracts. That's just a fact.
- loandbehold 3mo agoGovernment contract is not a subsidy. It's a payment for a product or service provided to the government. Examples of subsidies are section 8 housing or USDA PLC. SpaceX providing launch services to the government is nothing like that.
- Ritewut 3mo agoDistinction without a difference as it pertains to the conversation. Most of the money SpaceX received from the government was under the COTS program where NASA gave SpaceX money to develop a product and then NASA would become a customer of that product. It is as close as you can get to a technical subsidy without it being technically a subsidy.
- spongebobstoes 3mo agothis just isn't true, openai is largely (probably 80%+) consumer revenue in 2025