▲ 771 ▼ Techcrunch reports that AI coding tools have "very negative" gross margins. In other words, they are losing money on every user. (techcrunch.com) submitted 1 year ago by Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 176 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] skisnow@lemmy.ca 27 points 1 year ago (7 children) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 7 child comments replies: [–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago (3 children) good point, it's all been artificially priced to get users onboard then dedicated. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] pfizer_dose@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (2 children) Yep it's blitzscaling. Run it at a loss until it's a necessity, then charge whatever the hell you want. They're blitzscaling our right to intellectual property and our right to work. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago blitzscaling TIL there's a word for it. Thanks permalink fedilink source parent [–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 1 point 1 year ago How does it impact your right to work? permalink fedilink source parent [–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 4 points 1 year ago ive seen a ton of billboards of startup AI comp in west coast, i assume every new one that appears on these billboards, the old ones go under. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Mika@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) It would be just cheaper to self-host something for the whole company then? Open-source AIs are there and they are very much competitive with proprietary solutions. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment load more comments (1 reply)
[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago (3 children) good point, it's all been artificially priced to get users onboard then dedicated. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] pfizer_dose@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (2 children) Yep it's blitzscaling. Run it at a loss until it's a necessity, then charge whatever the hell you want. They're blitzscaling our right to intellectual property and our right to work. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago blitzscaling TIL there's a word for it. Thanks permalink fedilink source parent [–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 1 point 1 year ago How does it impact your right to work? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] pfizer_dose@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (2 children) Yep it's blitzscaling. Run it at a loss until it's a necessity, then charge whatever the hell you want. They're blitzscaling our right to intellectual property and our right to work. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago blitzscaling TIL there's a word for it. Thanks permalink fedilink source parent [–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 1 point 1 year ago How does it impact your right to work? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago blitzscaling TIL there's a word for it. Thanks permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 1 point 1 year ago How does it impact your right to work? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 4 points 1 year ago ive seen a ton of billboards of startup AI comp in west coast, i assume every new one that appears on these billboards, the old ones go under. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Mika@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) It would be just cheaper to self-host something for the whole company then? Open-source AIs are there and they are very much competitive with proprietary solutions. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment load more comments (1 reply)