[cmiles8]

Yes if you ignore all the reasons why they’re horribly unprofitable, they’re profitable.

R&D costs are hurting profit side and while you can cut that one just becomes irrelevant overnight in this space if you do, hence the problem.

[chartpath]

Not to mention they will need to research how to make their models faster and cheaper to run in order to fit some margin within what people are actually willing to pay.

[taneq]

> R&D costs are hurting profit

That’s quite the hot take, considering it’s literally an R&D company that got to where it is by doing R&D.

[ses1984]

Isn’t the post above saying the same thing after the part where you cut it off…?

[taneq]

> R&D costs are hurting profit side and while you can cut that one just becomes irrelevant overnight in this space if you do, hence the problem.

I see where you're coming from but I still make a distinction between "R&D costs hurt profits but are necessary to stay relevant" and "R&D costs money but is the source of future profits". It's the difference between a necessary expense and an investment.