Better Offline

Monologue: What The Hell Are The Hyperscalers Doing?

July 24, 2026·10 min·3-min readsolotechnology
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Hyperscalers like Google, Microsoft, and Amazon are spending over a trillion dollars on AI-related capital expenditures, primarily to fund unprofitable AI labs like Anthropic and OpenAI, creating an artificial growth bubble that’s unsustainable and masking the reality that real enterprise

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Nik Suresh

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Ed ZitronSundar PichaiSatya NadellaNik Suresh

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GoogleMicrosoftOpenAIAnthropicQuantaSK Hynix

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Artificial IntelligenceEconomicsFinancial IndependenceLarge Language ModelsMachine LearningStartupsTech IndustryVenture Capital

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