Comment by ath3nd
11 hours ago
If Google was massively unprofitable and with no profitability path in sight, yeah, that's very much Google.
11 hours ago
If Google was massively unprofitable and with no profitability path in sight, yeah, that's very much Google.
Google was unprofitable for some time yes. I don't understand the obsession with the 'no profitability path in sight'. It's nonsensical. Their reported loss numbers are really low for a service with that many users. Open AI don't have to do a lot to be profitable, ads would be enough.
> Open AI don't have to do a lot to be profitable, ads would be enough.
Yeah man, absolutely! Ads can pay for all of it!
> It's nonsensical
Yep, wanting a business to be profitable before investing in it, or at least to show that it could be profitable by providing a plan and timeline to profitability, is too much to ask for nowadays. Of course companies can be successful and great without any clear path to profitability, hype and enthusiasm are enough, just look at the great success of WeWork and Adam Neumann!
Who are we to doubt that? Just keep repeatedly giving couple of trillions to Sama and all will be okay, AGI is just behind the corner, trust him bro.
OpenAI reportedly made a loss of $5B in 2024. By 2024's end they had ~300M WAUs, most of them free and not monetized in any way whatsoever.
To be profitable, they'd need to monetize those free users for an average of $17/year or $1.5/month.
Do you realize how low that is ? Yes, ads even implemented in an uninspiring fashion would more than cover that. With some thought into it ? Well, You don't need to be a genius to see the potential of directly weaving paid recommendations naturally into conversations when appropriate.