Reports of OpenAI's massive financial 'losses' can be misleading. A significant portion is likely capital expenditure for computing infrastructure, an investment in assets. This reflects a long-term build-out rather than a fundamentally unprofitable operating model.
Elon Musk's ventures face vastly different competitive landscapes. While Tesla fights in the 'brutally competitive' auto industry, SpaceX enjoys a near-monopoly in space, allowing it to pursue large adjacent opportunities like orbital data centers with far less resistance.
Large-sounding enterprise AI adoption metrics, like Google's '150 enterprises processing a trillion tokens,' can translate to surprisingly low revenue—less than $1M per enterprise annually. This suggests headline adoption numbers may not yet reflect significant financial impact for cloud providers.
Despite Meta's core business strength and Reels' massive success ($50B run rate), the stock is hampered by a lack of investor confidence in Mark Zuckerberg's long-term, costly metaverse strategy—a stark contrast to how investors eventually embraced Jeff Bezos's AWS bet.