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How OpenAI uses complex and circular deals to fuel its multibillion-dollar rise

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387 points reaperducer | 1 comments | 31 Oct 25 13:03 UTC | HN request time: 0.237s | source
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throwaway106382 ◴[31 Oct 25 14:11 UTC] No.45772180[source]▶
Isn't paying a company to dig a hole who then pays you the same amount to fill said hole illegal?
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zetanor ◴[31 Oct 25 14:13 UTC] No.45772201[source]▶
Not if it increases the GDP.
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1. throwaway106382 ◴[31 Oct 25 14:44 UTC] No.45772508[source]▶
Well, I've got great news then 92% of GDP growth in the first half of 2025 was hole filling companies paying hole digging companies to dig holes and in-kind pay them to fill them up again

what could possibly go wrong