OpenAI's $21 Billion Loss Exposes Silicon Valley's Venture Capital Bubble
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Ed Zitron
Summary
The article analyzes OpenAI's audited financials showing $34 billion in spending against $13.07 billion in revenue, resulting in a $21 billion loss in 2025. The author uses this as a case study to critique the broader Silicon Valley venture capital ecosystem, arguing that the industry has abandoned pragmatism and meritocracy in favor of a cult-like protection of investments that defies economic reality.
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Actually, it's good the company lost $21 billion.
The Silicon Valley Bubble writ large – an industry that grew rich and famous off the back of a mythical pragmatism and meritocracy that's morphed into a pseudo-cult built to protect venture capital investments at the cost of reality.
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