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>>But that is not the case for AI. In AI, profit margins are higher the further you get from the end user, see chart below.
This doesn't necessarily mean that the following is true:
>>This is important because it means the AI boom's profits are currently being funded by investors rather than earned from customers.
I think that AI is adding value to customers who are paying for it, but the value is going mainly to the frontier labs and hyperscalers since they, and not applications, are doing the main burden.
That doesn't change the fact that "the AI boom's profits are currently being funded by investors"
> but the value is going mainly to the frontier labs and hyperscalers since they, and not applications, are doing the main burden.
It's pretty clear that "the AI boom's profits" refers precisely to the profits of these entities - which are being funded by investors. The customers aren't paying the full price, it's a subsidized affair, where the burden is doesn't matter in the slightest.
Based on the data represented in the chart
AI's profits are 'being funded by investors rather than earned from customers - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49243628 - August 2026