The Circular Money Problem At The Heart Of Ai’s Biggest Deals

SoftBank and OpenAI announced a caller 50-50 associated venture this week to waste endeavor AI devices successful Japan nether nan marque “Crystal Intelligence.” On paper, it’s a straightforward world description deal. But SoftBank’s domiciled arsenic a awesome investor successful OpenAI is raising questions astir whether AI’s biggest deals are creating existent economical worth aliases conscionable moving money successful circles. 

On TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, Kirsten Korosec, Anthony Ha and AI editor Russell Brandom break down why this woody has group skeptical, and what it signals astir nan sustainability of AI’s existent finance model, and more.

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