Frontier AI pacing could be worth hundreds of billions in IPO revenue, researcher argues
iamtrask · x · 2026-09-14
iamtrask argues that for pre-IPO frontier AI labs, "pacing the frontier" — deliberately slowing release cadence — could be worth hundreds of billions of dollars in IPO revenue, because it could dramatically change the company's financials ahead of going public.
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