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EditorDavid @ Slashdot · 05/04/2026 03:34 EDT

Can Investors Trust AI Sales Figures? Asks Wall Street Journal Opinion Piece

A Wall Street Journal opinion piece warns of "a troubling trend" in AI's growth. "Rather than selling software, some AI companies are paying their partners to use it."

It cites OpenAI's $1.5 billion joint venture with private-equity firms, Anthropic's $200 million contribution to a private-equity firm joint venture, and Google's $750 million subsidization of Gemini's adoption by consulting firms. "These agreements muddy the distinction between a company's sound growth trajectory and artificial financial e

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