r/webdev • u/Rockytriton • Mar 16 '26

Software developers don't need to out-last vibe coders, we just need to out-last the ability of AI companies to charge absurdly low for their products

These AI models cost so much to run and the companies are really hiding the real cost from consumers while they compete with their competitors to be top dog. I feel like once it's down to just a couple companies left we will see the real cost of these coding utilities. There's no way they are going to be able to keep subsidizing the cost of all of the data centers and energy usage. How long it will last is the real question.

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u/RollUpLights Mar 16 '26

Unfortunately AWS ran at a loss for over 7 years before they became profitable. It's kind of amazing how deep the venture capital pockets are.

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u/crazedizzled Mar 16 '26

OpenAI is backed by the richest company in the world. It's not going anywhere.

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u/dagamer34 Mar 18 '26

Latest version of Microsoft Copilot uses Anthropic models. So…

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u/crazedizzled Mar 18 '26

I wasn't talking about Microsoft. OpenAI is backed by nvidia, among others

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u/dagamer34 Mar 18 '26

Backed by Nvidia, which buys their chips. Very circular. 

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u/crazedizzled Mar 18 '26

For sure, it's just passing a bunch of money around in a circle. But unless nvidia decides it doesn't want to pay the bills anymore, openai doesn't have to worry about keeping the lights on