Are OpenAI and Anthropic losing money on inference?

Basically- the same math as modern automated manufacturing. Super expensive and complex build-out - then a money printer once running and optimized.

I know there is lots of bearish sentiments here. Lots of people correctly point out that this is not the same math as FAANG products - then they make the jump that it must be bad.

But - my guess is these companies end up with margins better than Tesla (modern manufacturer), but less than 80%-90% of "pure" software. Somewhere in the middle, which is still pretty good.

Also - once the Nvidia monopoly gets broken, the initial build out becomes a lot cheaper as well.