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		rurp 10 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: OpenAI's cash burn will be one of the big bubble q... Google and Microsoft have immense money printing machines. They can lose many billions of dollars for years and be fine as a business. OpenAI, not so much.

aurareturn 9 days ago [–]

Sure OpenAI can. They are the most well funded private company in history. Everyone wants to invest in them.

Meanwhile, Google and Microsoft are public companies and their stock can drop and their shareholders can force them to exit.

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