Critique: Trillion-dollar revenue forecasts for OpenAI/Anthropic ignore demand side
iaindunning · x · 2026-08-27
Iain Dunning highlights a critical oversight in AI revenue forecasting: a purely supply-side focus. He notes that even bullish analysts often take demand for granted, focusing on compute and politics rather than asking who will pay, how much, and at what margins.
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