Better Offline

Ed Zitron hammers the AI bubble: compute costs, revenue structure, and a contrarian critique of industry narratives

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Better Offline 0904

AI Giants' Enterprise Revenue: 80% from 1% of Customers, Most Kept Alive by VC

OpenAI and Anthropic get 80% of enterprise revenue from 1% of customers, mostly AI companies burning VC-subsidized tokens; only tech itself pays big, and when VC dries up, trillion-dollar compute bills blow first.

7 Points 6 Quotes concentration riskAI bubble