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fhn 65 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Higher usage limits for Claude and a compute deal ...

Google, Microsoft, and Amazon's business model include selling compute - SpaceX, not so much.

signatoremo 65 days ago | [–]

Why not? They can sell what makes sense for them, like surplus capacity, especially when there are desperate buyers.

scottyah 65 days ago | | [–]

Amazon is a bookseller and Google is just a web indexer. GCP didn't even open it's preview until 2008. Not sure why you think a business model is in any way a static thing.

skinfaxi 65 days ago | [–]

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