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Their superpower is having a tech giant owning 49% of them, willing to drop deep deep money, without the obvious payoff. :)

I also wonder to what extent their staffing numbers reflect reality. How much of Azure's staffing has been put on OpenAI projects? That's probably an actual reflection of the real cost of this thing.




It's probably burning through tens of millions per day and it still doesn't matter, this is fusion power in electricity terms. Free money down the line after the initial investment. I'll pay, you'll pay, your neighbour's dog will pay for this.


> How much of Azure's staffing has been put on OpenAI projects?

Great point!


Yes, but other orgs have similar resources. Most obvious is Google/Deepmind. Apple too. Neither of them made this leap.




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