Big Tech’s Insane Hidden AI Spending, Ranking Anthropic vs. OpenAI, AI For Travel Debate
Big Technology Podcast
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Big Tech’s Insane Hidden AI Spending, Ranking Anthropic vs. OpenAI, AI For Travel Debate
Big Tech’s Insane Hidden AI Spending, Ranking Anthropic vs. OpenAI, AI For Travel Debate

Big Technology Podcast
2 DAYS AGO
Shownote
Shownote
Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech
news. We cover: 1) Big Tech is spending trillions more than it tells us on AI
infrastructure 2) The mechanisms of the off-balance-sheet AI buildout 3) What
would happen if these projects were on the balance sheet? 4) Can Wall St.
actually not figure this out? 5) Will the tech giants pay the money back? 6) Is
a soft landing in AI possible at this point if things go poorly? 7) Anthropic's
revenue numbers are soaring 8) OpenAI, meanwhile, is in more tumult 9) Why
OpenAI is dealing with so many executive departures 10) Startups vs. established
companies, and what are the AI labs exactly? 11) Why travel is a good eval for
AI
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Highlights
Highlights
This episode examines the financial and organizational pressures surrounding the AI boom, from hidden infrastructure commitments to the uncertain future of leading AI companies and practical ways to judge their capabilities.
Chapters
Chapters
How Big Tech Is Hiding the True Cost of Its AI Buildout
00:00What Happens If the AI Infrastructure Gamble Goes Wrong?
21:34Why Anthropic and OpenAI Still Look Like Unstable Startups
37:09Can Travel Reveal What AI Is Really Capable Of?
54:55Transcript
Transcript
Alex Kantrowitz: Big tech is spending trillions more on AI than it appears on the surface. Is it a glaring red flag? New OpenAI and anthropic numbers show one company surging and another sputtering. And should we actually be talking about AI for travel use...