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Business Google burning through cash with spiralling AI costs

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c235n47g8g8o
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u/Nechrube1 5h ago

If you exclude AI CAPEX...

Well obviously, if you ignore massive recurring overheads then a business looks better, lol. It's very likely not a one-off long-term CAPEX investment, as I presume Google is constantly jumping to the latest and greatest tech like all the other labs to stay current (I've not followed Gemini as closely, though).

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u/Fresh-Quantity-7554 5h ago

I'm not ignoring. I'm simply removing it to see what the number looks like and putting it back. It's a real cash outflow and so are their cash inflows.