Sahwa@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoMystery company accidentally blew $500 million on Claude in a single month — failed to put usage limit on licenses for employeeswww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square164fedilinkarrow-up1800cross-posted to: funny@sh.itjust.works
arrow-up1800external-linkMystery company accidentally blew $500 million on Claude in a single month — failed to put usage limit on licenses for employeeswww.tomshardware.comSahwa@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square164fedilinkcross-posted to: funny@sh.itjust.works
minus-squareSgt_choke_n_stroke@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up145·1 day agoI feel like this is fake company and they are spreading this to cook the books.
minus-squaremPony@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34·1 day agoIf it isn’t a fake company I’d be shocked. It’s not like there’s a whole lot of external accountability in the entire business model.
minus-squareUpgrayedd1776@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·1 day agoconsidering i read a good article about axios editors inside trading the iran war, this makes sense it appears axios is the source of this https://www.axios.com/2026/05/28/ai-spending-roi-enterprise-costs
minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 day ago“Sorry Shareholders. We have $500M in bad debt to Anthropic. So now we’re liquidating and your shares are worthless.”
minus-squareColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoCook the books by claiming $500 million in profits? That’s a lot of tax money and a lot to risk over just keeping investors happy for a short amount of time.
I feel like this is fake company and they are spreading this to cook the books.
If it isn’t a fake company I’d be shocked. It’s not like there’s a whole lot of external accountability in the entire business model.
Wash trade
considering i read a good article about axios editors inside trading the iran war, this makes sense it appears axios is the source of this https://www.axios.com/2026/05/28/ai-spending-roi-enterprise-costs
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“Sorry Shareholders. We have $500M in bad debt to Anthropic. So now we’re liquidating and your shares are worthless.”
Cook the books by claiming $500 million in profits? That’s a lot of tax money and a lot to risk over just keeping investors happy for a short amount of time.