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atwrkyesterday at 2:51 PM1 replyview on HN

Debt is at $3 trillion right now: https://fortune.com/2026/07/31/ai-debt-hypescalers-capex-cap...

Interest alone, at assumed 5%, amounts to about $150 billions per year. That's probably higher than the combined AI revenue of the top 3 providers.


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aurareturntoday at 1:47 AM

Did you read your own article? It's well less than $3 trillion.

Now let's build the model out more. What is the projected revenue, backlog, improvements in existing big tech businesses such as AI helping Meta's ad business?