AI revenue hits $276B annualized, doubling roughly every six months
LexSokolin · x · 2026-10-05
Quoted data: AI revenue reached an annualized $276 billion in September, doubling about every six months at the year-on-year rate. Month-over-month growth has run between 7% and 16% (three-month average) since April 2024.
Fintech commentator Lex Sokolin shared it with a jab at crypto degens: AI is making real money while speculators lose theirs — underscoring the actual scale of this AI commercialization wave.
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