Sunday, February 11, 2024

The Curious Case of AI, Funding and Cloud Credits

The big 3 cloud providers have been investing in AI startups with cloud credits. Is this good, bad, or concerning? Let’s dig into what it means. 

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ARE CLOUD CREDITS THE NEW VENTURE CAPITAL?

  • “Microsoft's Q2 2024 earnings report states that AI services contributed 6 percentage points of growth to Azure revenue. This is an increase from 3 percentage points in the previous quarter.” 

KEEP AN EYE ON AI USAGE “TRENDS” FROM THE BIG CLOUD PROVIDERS

  • Is this a problem for VCs? 
  • Is this “good” revenue for the cloud providers?
  • Are they just smart for utilizing an asset that they can monopolize?
  • How to track user-growth (e.g. OpenAI) and cloud-usage-growth (e.g. Big 3)
  • How much will people invest to build an alternative to NVIDIA?

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