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I’m not sure they need novelty or moat. AI compute resources are so scarce that inference providers will buy whatever is available. SpaceX sells inference hardware in bulk, with a proven track record of running inference and training workloads at scale.
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Without a moat, P settles to MC. No one makes significant profit.

xAI covers their cost of N-1 datacenter while running their own models in N and building out N+1.

And they make all of their money from the N-1 data center they are renting which is sand moat.

What point are you making?


What? They make money from their own inference and models too, which they can train effectively for free by funding their operations with rental income from their last gen datacenter.



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