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danishanishyesterday at 10:57 PM1 replyview on HN

I think I’m missing something. Financially, what bag would the memory makers be holding here? I don’t think I’m well informed regarding how these deals were structured.


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michaelbuckbeeyesterday at 11:00 PM

Memory makers make capital investements (build different factories, convert physical production lines, etc.) to meet orders that have been place for the next ~5 years.

OpenAI (or whoever) crashes and can't pay for the order leaving the memory makers in a tough spot.