Podcast: AI revenue numbers nobody can verify — some are just invoices between sister companies
YvesMulkers · x · 2026-10-16
Data blogger Yves Mulkers shares a podcast episode questioning whether today's AI revenue figures can be independently verified at all. Some of the reported "AI revenue," the episode argues, is really just an invoice between two companies under the same owner — inflating the narrative around AI business momentum.
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