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What podcasts say about AI compute cost

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What experts have said about AI compute cost

3 statements · 1 positive · 1 mixed · 1 neutral

  1. Compute prices fluctuate rather than continuously decline.

    “the prices of compute fluctuate.”

    Listen at 1:49:37

    Open the episode · Recursive's $670M Bet on Self-Improving AI, Sonnet 5.5 Hits 70%, Elon Co-Leads Pentagon Push | EP #299
  2. Dylan PatelNeutralAug 25, 2026· Dwarkesh Podcast

    Capturing 70% of global compute in 2028 requires labs to pay $25–50 million per megawatt.

    “They do have to start paying 25, 30, $50 million a megawatt to really gobble up 70% of the world's compute in 2028”

    Listen at 16:03

    Open the episode · Dylan Patel – Anthropic & OpenAI will have most of the world’s compute by 2028
  3. AI compute should become substantially cheaper per customer unit sold.

    “in terms of a per unit sold to a customer, it should actually get a lot less expensive.”

    Listen at 20:30

    Open the episode · OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar on IPO, AI Rivalries, New Device, and Spending $100B+ on Compute

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