[razodactyl]

At scale you should realise that this is still A LOT of money and the models are considerably reduced in cost so the margin probably works out even better. OpenAI are successful, it's a fact, which means they know what they're doing business wise. (Not bootlicking, just trying to be logical).

Think about it this way: Imagine if every email you sent or every online forum post you commented on provided incentive for the provider.

[skybrian]

I’m not sure what you mean and I don’t see how profitability follows from that?

Venture-backed companies can lose money for years. Sometimes it pays off in the end, but making predictions about profitability seems hard inside a bubble.

Also, some industries like manufacturing solar panels have high market growth but they’re unprofitable for most manufacturers.

So I think it remains to be seen if OpenAI knows what they’re doing. It doesn’t seem like the sort of thing armchair arguments are good at predicting.

[razodactyl]

You're right. This is definitely armchair opinions however what I meant was at scale, OpenAI are able to make their model unfathomably cheap as they have the resources to do so.

If they're running at a loss, it's a great way to take shots at the competition and especially with the added advantage of model capability.

Get more customers onboard, play around with margins as required.