How will AI labs eventually make money - by michaellwy
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What’s the most plausible story where foundation model companies actually start making money?
How will AI labs eventually make money What’s the most plausible story where foundation model companies actually start making money? michaellwy Jul 02, 2026 12 2 1 Share Happy to share that my essay has been selected as 1 of the 3 finalists out of 600 entires in Dwarkesh Patel’s Blog prize for the big questions about AI ! Dwarkesh’s Prompt: What’s the most plausible story where foundation model companies actually start making money? If you consider each individual model as a company, then its profits may be able to pay back the training cost. But of course, if you don’t train a bigger, more ex
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