WeWork trapped themselves into a real estate hole, selling services for less than they rented property for.
OpenAI is currently in an explicit non-profit seeking mode using a technology that we have demonstrated 10-100x or greater decreases in compute to achieve the same outcomes.
This is not a declaration that OpenAI will become wildly profitable. This is just me saying that these aren't comparable companies.
WeWork was a scam to enrich the founders of the company. They owned or had interests in many of the properties that WeWork leased from. I'm surprised no one was thrown in prison.
OpenAI is currently in an explicit non-profit seeking mode using a technology that we have demonstrated 10-100x or greater decreases in compute to achieve the same outcomes.
This is not a declaration that OpenAI will become wildly profitable. This is just me saying that these aren't comparable companies.