OpenAI's Price Cuts Halve Profit Margins, Echoing Buffett's Textile Dilemma
Analysis suggests that OpenAI's aggressive price cuts, driven by intense competition, could crash its gross margins to 50%. Commentators warn this efficiency passthrough mirrors Warren Buffett's textile dilemma, though OpenAI relies on inference stack optimizations to offset the impact.
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