Closed frontiers vs. Open source. How can the IPO's be justified by investors pouring in billions?

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Questions US AI IPO valuations burning billions, arguing cheap Chinese open-source models will commoditize tech and destroy moats.

Bear points

Chinese companies can build comparable AI models at a fraction of the capex and open-source them, commoditizing the technology.
US AI companies are burning over $10B+ to build a massive debt mountain with no visible exit ramp or path to profitability.
When the competitive moat is solely based on price, it ceases to be a real moat against free open-source alternatives.

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if a Chinese Al companv can builc a comparable model on a fraction of the capex - and then open-source it - how exactly does a US company burning $10B+ iustifv the IPO valuation? The model becomes a commodity the moment it's replicated cheaply. OpenAl and Anthropic may be building impressive tech, but they're also building a debt mountain with no visible exit ramp. Meanwhile, China's lean, open-source approach doesn't need to IPO to win - it iust needs the world to download the weights for free. When your moat is price, you don't have a moat. Thoughts?

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