Akkoord, er zijn op dit moment meer vragen dan antwoorden en het begint op een zeepbel te lijken.
Ik ben bullish op AI (als in: het wordt op termijn een maarschappelijke game-changer en zal alles rondom ons impacteren, niet dat ik het zelf een fijne/gewenste evolutie vind), maar de capex trend die je nu ziet lijkt niet duurzaam.
En het is ook gewoon de vraag of het energienet die mega compute build-out uberhaupt zal aankunnen op zo'n korte termijn. Misschien wel een bull case voor nat gas, want van zon/wind en nucleair (inclusief SMRs) gaat het niet komen op 2-3 jaar tijd.
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Wat je zegt:
Staat vandaag ook een artikel over in de WSJ:
https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/openais...broadcom-deal-spree-be353399?mod=hp_lead_pos1
OpenAI in the past nine months has committed to spend around $60 billion a year for computing from Oracle, shell out $18 billion on a data-center venture, build a new mass-market AI-hardware device and purchase $10 billion of customized chips.
The biggest unknown for the world’s most valuable startup: how it will pay for such outsize ambitions.
OpenAI loses billions of dollars a year and has told investors it is on pace to make $13 billion in revenue this year, according to a person familiar with the matter.
Less than three years since the launch of ChatGPT, OpenAI is tying its fate to a belief that companies and consumers will increase their spending on artificial intelligence at explosive rates for years to come, as the company is now on the hook to pay hundreds of billions of dollars over the next decade.
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But the fate of OpenAI’s massive commercial deals relies on what is increasingly looking like an uncertain prospect: the need for hundreds of millions of people to pay a lot more money for its tools and services in the near future.
AI spending that is projected to reach nearly $3 trillion by 2028 rests in large part on that assumption. And a handful of recent reports by academics and industry consultants have suggested that it may take far longer for users to convert into paying customers than the market has assumed.
Only about 3% of consumers pay for artificial-intelligence services, spending about $12 billion, according to a recent study conducted by Menlo Ventures. The firm’s survey of 5,000 AI users concluded that people use chatbots and other models for a variety of tasks that is so diffuse, “there’s still a long way to go to everyday adoption.”
A June survey by consulting firm McKinsey found that eight in 10 companies report no significant bottom-line impact of using AI products. A similar report from a Massachusetts Institute of Technology initiative said AI use at hundreds of companies hasn’t produced significant revenue growth or profits.
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OpenAI’s billions in annual losses are set to accelerate in the near term. Altman told investors last fall that OpenAI would lose $44 billion through 2029, the first year in which he predicted the company would turn a profit. It also faces other challenges, like converting its corporate structure to a for-profit. Roughly $19 billion of committed funding is conditional on OpenAI completing that restructuring.
Met andere woorden. Grote bedragen op papier, maar gaan die dat ooit kunnen betalen? BIG DOUBT.