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Reposted by Benoît Huron
L'économie de l'IA est une chaîne financière fragile
Comme l'explique Ed Zitron, la bulle que connaît actuellement le secteur de l'intelligence artificielle a la forme d'une chaîne, une chaîne profondément vulnérable maintenue ensemble par la dette et le capital-risque. Pour comprendre la fragilité de cet écosystème, il faut examiner chaque maillon de cette chaîne financière. NVIDIA vend des GPU à une entreprise. Passé ce stade, la rentabilité s'évapore pour tous les autres les acteurs de la chaîne. Ces GPU sont achetés, pour la plupart, à crédit par l'intermédiaire de banques ou d'institutions financières. Une fois les GPU acquis, l'entreprise engloutit des centaines de millions de dollars pour construire un centre de données. Si les hyperscalers (_e.g._ Google, Microsoft) peuvent financer ces achats par leurs flux de trésorerie, même eux ont commencé à se tourner vers l'endettement. Une fois opérationnel, ce centre fournit de la puissance de calcul à un fournisseur de modèles, qui commence alors à perdre de l'argent en vendant ses services. OpenAI et Anthropic, par exemple, perdent tous deux des milliards de dollars et dépendent entièrement du capital-risque pour continuer à payer l'accès à ces GPU. Les ventes d'abonnements et l'accès API à leurs modèles coûtent en effet bien plus chers à fournir que les revenus qu'ils génèrent. Les startups spécialisées dans l'IA paient pour accéder à ces modèles afin de faire fonctionner leurs services mais leurs coûts dépassent leurs revenus. Elles doivent ainsi elles aussi lever du capital-risque pour continuer à payer l'accès à ces modèles. Si l'on excepte les hyperscalers qui paient NVIDIA avec leurs flux de trésorerie, aucune partie de l'industrie de l'IA n'est alimentée par des revenus. Chaque segment de l'industrie dépend d'une forme de subvention : capital-risque, private equity, crédit privé, ou financement bancaire. La bulle de l'IA est un test de résistance du système mondial de capital-risque, de private equity, de crédit privé, et du système bancaire institutionnel, un test de leur volonté de financer tout cela indéfiniment. Pourquoi indéfiniment ? Parce qu'il n'existe pas une seule entreprise d'IA générative qui dispose d'un chemin clair vers la rentabilité. La question est de savoir combien de temps le système financier mondial sera prêt à maintenir cette chaîne en place et la forme que prendra la déstabilisation.
www.liberalisme-democratique.fr
December 7, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Space datacenters. Sounds cool, right? Alas, a former NASA/Google engineer breaks down why it's a terrible idea. taranis.ie/datacenters-... #AI #Space
Datacenters in space are a terrible, horrible, no good idea.
There is a rush for AI companies to team up with space launch/satellite companies to build datacenters in space. TL;DR: It's not going to work.
taranis.ie
December 5, 2025 at 10:17 AM
DeepSeek releases world's first open AI model achieving gold-level scores at the International Mathematical Olympiad. huggingface.co/deepseek-ai/... #AI #Mathematics #DeepSeek
deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-Math-V2 · Hugging Face
We’re on a journey to advance and democratize artificial intelligence through open source and open science.
huggingface.co
November 29, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Nothing could possibly go wrong when your entire growth strategy is built on the most hyped, bubble-prone technology of our time. www.ft.com/content/f6b8... #AIBubble
Taiwan’s economy roars ahead on back of AI demand
Growth forecast for 2025 raised to 7.37%, the fastest rate in 15 years
www.ft.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:55 AM
A powerful, heartbreaking look at how climate change and globalisation are transforming the Arctic forever. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202... #Greenland #ClimateChange
One of the Greatest Polar-Bear Hunters Confronts a Vanishing World
In the most remote settlement in Greenland, Hjelmer Hammeken’s life style has gone from something that worked for thousands of years to something that may not outlive him.
www.newyorker.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:57 AM
OpenAI's partners are borrowing $100bn to fund a startup that's perfected the art of burning money. Impressive. www.ft.com/content/5605... #AIBubble #DebtFuelledAI
OpenAI partners amass $100bn debt pile to fund its ambitions
Cloud companies and developers rely on lossmaking start-up to repay huge loans
www.ft.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Borrowing money to buy volatile crypto was a desperate “business strategy” and was always going to end in tears. www.ft.com/content/5347... #Crypto #Bitcoin
Crypto hoarders dump tokens as shares tumble
‘Digital asset treasury’ craze sours amid $1tn rout in cryptocurrency market
www.ft.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Neoclouds: Where you can lose money faster than a GPU can render frames. Oh, is it time to buy new ones already? www.mckinsey.com/capabilities... #AIBubble #BMaaS #NVIDIA
www.mckinsey.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:29 PM
The pervasive cheapening of everything. L'Ère de Rien. www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/the-slop-l... #AI #AISlop
Lost in the slop layer
How AI has encrusted our culture and social sphere in a sedimentary layer of slop.
www.bloodinthemachine.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Securing economic interests without isolation is tough. While aiming for “economic security,” Brussels may be driving away crucial foreign investment and inviting Chinese retaliation. www.thomasfazi.com/p/the-eu-con... #EU #China #TradePolicy
The EU continues to self-sabotage its economy by targeting Chinese investment
Economic defence driven by fear and protectionist reflexes will only deepen stagnation
www.thomasfazi.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:22 PM
It's so weird that commoditization of generative AI is being treated as a crisis. Making powerful tech cheaper and more accessible—what a nightmare. Bad, bad China. 😂 www.ft.com/content/931c... #AI #China
China leapfrogs US in global market for ‘open’ AI models
Beijing-backed technology gains ground as American giants hold fast to ‘closed’ AI strategies
www.ft.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Japan's debate on “funding” its ¥17.7 trillion stimulus misses the point. As a sovereign currency issuer, Japan can't run out of yen. The real question isn't bond issuance, but whether the spending will overheat the economy. #MMT #Japan www.japantimes.co.jp/business/202...
Sanae Takaichi seeks to fund stimulus without spooking markets
The prime minister last week unveiled Japan’s largest round of extra spending since the easing of pandemic restrictions.
www.japantimes.co.jp
November 26, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Russia's rare earth strategy aims for resource sovereignty, leverage over US Ukraine policy and parity with China. www.scmp.com/opinion/worl... #Russia #IndustrialPolicy #RareEarths
Opinion | Russia’s rare earth gamble is about killing 3 birds with 1 stone
Bogged down in Ukraine and wary of its reliance on Chinese imports, Moscow seeks to overcome the resource curse.
www.scmp.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:58 PM
The potential value of vibe coding lies almost entirely in the exploratory and educational phase, not in production software. And even there, it cannot compete with a professional development team. www.theregister.com/2025/11/24/o... #VibeCoding #AI
Vibe coding: What is it good for? Absolutely nothing
Opinion: Coding purists once considered BASIC harmful. AI can't even manage that
www.theregister.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:06 AM
EU trying to define ‘economic security’ is like a group project where no one read the material but the deadline's tomorrow. www.scmp.com/news/china/d... #China #SupplyChain #EU
As US-China rivalry redefines economic warfare, EU scrambles for its dictionary
The EU is preparing to unveil a new doctrine on economic security, but it’s a concept that officials and experts say has no clear definition.
www.scmp.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:41 AM
The AI gold rush is creating a global power crisis. With US grids aging and global backlogs stretching for years, Chinese equipment makers are stepping in to fill the gap. www.scmp.com/news/busines...
#AI #Energy #SupplyChain #China
China’s power equipment firms ride AI boom amid demand from US, emerging markets
Chinese suppliers gain from US shortfalls and megaprojects in Latin America, Asia and the Middle East.
www.scmp.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:09 AM
With the U.S. pivoting to Asia and the conflict in Ukraine having been a geopolitical catastrophe, Europe faces a more dangerous, unstable future, more isolated than ever. www.theamericanconservative.com/mearsheimer-... #Geopolitics #UkraineWar #Multipolarity
Mearsheimer: Europe’s Bleak Future
The catastrophe of the Ukraine war and a long-term shift in American interests make a stabler, more prosperous Europe unlikely.
www.theamericanconservative.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:18 PM
This war will be settled on the battlefield where the Russians will win an ugly victory leading to a frozen conflict, poisoning relations between Russia and Europe and turning the latter into a more dangerous, less prosperous place to live. www.nakedcapitalism.com/2025/11/yet-... #UkraineWar
Yet Another Dead-on-Arrival Ukraine Peace Scheme: Leaked 28 Point Plan Predictably Unable to Reconcile Irreconcilable Positions | naked capitalism
Trump keeps trying to "peace deal" his way out of losing Ukraine. Na ga happen.
www.nakedcapitalism.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Reposted by Benoît Huron
A net 20% of fund managers said companies were spending too much on AI investments, according to a new survey — the first time this has been the majority view since 2005. on.ft.com/4icvxvy
November 18, 2025 at 4:18 PM
The new OpenAI partnership perk: a free -$60bn market cap. You're welcome! www.ft.com/content/064b... #OpenAICurse #Oracle #AI
Oracle is already underwater on its ‘astonishing’ $300bn OpenAI deal
AI’s circular economy may have a reverse Midas at the centre
www.ft.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:59 PM
We're in a massive AI bubble that could wipe out 40% of the Mag 7. But don't worry - you can diversify into... checks notes... Ugh, don't worry, all right! www.ft.com/content/bf06... #AIBubble
How to hide from a bubble
It ain’t easy
www.ft.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Reposted by Benoît Huron
Email. It's the latest thing, and we're on it.

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FT Alphaville is finally getting a Substack
Stacking subs
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November 17, 2025 at 12:05 PM