alt Hacker News> will pay for all of xAI's capex ($25 billion) in 2 years
This is a confusing framing; you pay down capex with profit not revenue, and there is presumably a high opex cost.
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jasondigitized • today at 2:30 PM
free cash flow pays down capex
> will pay for all of xAI's capex ($25 billion) in 2 years
This is a confusing framing; you pay down capex with profit not revenue, and there is presumably a high opex cost.
free cash flow pays down capex
Nevertheless, you are still talking about 15B / year - when the initial investment was < 30B. That investment also probably covers things like power, salaries, etc.
So you are still covering all of that.