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OpenAI, valued at $157 billion, isn't profitable. Should that be normal? (www.salon.com)
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[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 11 points 6 months ago

I don't know about now, but Amazon ran a deficit for pretty much its entire existence. Amazon is a bit different though since it was part of an R&D strategy and they could've stepped off the gas at almost any point and been profitable.