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95% of Companies See 'Zero Return' on $30B Generative AI Spend

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418 points speckx | 1 comments | 21 Aug 25 15:36 UTC | HN request time: 0.204s | source
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eldenring ◴[21 Aug 25 16:26 UTC] No.44974675[source]▶
This is how America ends up being ahead of the rest of world with every new technology breakthrough. They spend a lot of money, lose a lot of money, take risks, and then end up being too far for others to catch up.

Trying to claim victory against AI/US Companies this early is a dangerous move.

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1. 9dev ◴[21 Aug 25 17:26 UTC] No.44975537[source]▶
I’m not sure you can even generalise that much anymore. The US banking system is stuck in the dark ages compared to other countries, China is leading in electric cars, photovoltaics. and lots of other industries.

You could make that claim for the software industry, but I’m pretty sure a big part of the US moat is due to oligopolies, lock-in effects, or corruption in favour of billionaires and their ventures.