• MrJgyFly@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    They love pointing out their revenue instead of their profit. It they were truly making money, you’d think they’d refer to their profit instead.

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      5 days ago

      Revenue is a standard unit of measurement for any venture backed business because it gauges interest and growth better than profit does

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        19 hours ago

        Does that run the risk of leading to a future collapse of certain businesses, especially if their expenses remain consistently astronomical like OpenAI? Please note I don’t actually know—not trying to be cheeky with this question. Genuinely curious.