Better Offline

Monologue: Concentration Risk

September 4, 2026·10 min·3-min readsolotechnology
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The AI industry is built on a fragile web of interdependent financial commitments, where 80% of OpenAI and Anthropic’s enterprise revenue comes from just 1% of customers—mostly tech and VC-backed AI startups—creating massive concentration risk. This dependency cascades up the stack, threa

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Ed Zitron

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OpenAIAnthropicRampMicrosoftGoogle CloudAmazon Web ServicesNVIDIACoreWeaveBroadcom

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Artificial IntelligenceBusiness ModelsCloud ComputingEconomicsFinancial IndependenceStartupsTech IndustryVenture Capital

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