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AI's Circular Psychosis

The article exposes the circular economy of AI: Anthropic and OpenAI rely on venture capital and big tech funding to pay cloud bills, while cloud giants depend on them as primary customers. This creates a fragile system with little actual demand outside these two companies. Most AI startups merely funnel money back to the incumbents. The author argues the bubble is unsustainable.

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AI's Circular Psychosis
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  • Anthropic and OpenAI dominate cloud compute demand but are unprofitable, dependent on external funding.
  • xAI's lease of its data center to Anthropic shows demand is extremely concentrated.
  • Microsoft, Google, and Amazon derive most AI revenue from Anthropic and OpenAI, creating circular dependency.
  • Most AI startup revenue flows back to Anthropic or OpenAI, exacerbating fragility.

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