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How the AI Labs Make Profit (Maybe, Eventually) — LessWrong

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I wrote this essay as a submission to Dwarkesh Patel’s blog prize, though I have been meaning to write this up for a while. …

x How the AI Labs Make Profit (Maybe, Eventually) — LessWrong AI Frontpage 69 How the AI Labs Make Profit (Maybe, Eventually) by mabramov 11th May 2026 4 min read 16 69 I wrote this essay as a submission to Dwarkesh Patel’s blog prize , though I have been meaning to write this up for a while. Usually, for a company to become profitable, they need to increase revenue, decrease costs, or some mixture of the two. For AI companies in their current form, I think there is a third way they can become profitable that looks like increasing revenue but is distinct from what they are currently doing. Nam

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