Is AI Profitable Yet? | Hacker News

Hacker News users debated whether AI companies are actually profitable or still burning through cash.

Commenters compared today’s AI spending with past SaaS and Uber losses, and argued over whether those examples justify current losses.

The thread also questioned how to count Nvidia, cloud providers, and other infrastructure revenue in the AI economy.

Underlying the debate was a bigger worry: AI may be either a durable technology or a speculative bubble that never pays off.