OpenAI

AI’s Debt Problem: How the Labs Hide a Staggering Bill

The AI Prism Admin

AI labs are routing hundreds of billions in debt through SPVs and leases, hiding a $1.65T liability that never reaches the balance sheet.

OpenAI’s Jalapeño Chip Just Rewrote Inference Economics

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OpenAI published the first benchmarks for Jalapeño, its custom inference chip built with Broadcom — up to 1.9x throughput per kilowatt and 3.6x lower latency than a current Nvidia Blackwell system. Here's what the numbers mean for token prices, agents, and Nvidia's moat.

Why AI’s Hottest Startups Stopped Publishing Research

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Frontier AI labs used to publish their research openly — until they didn't. We trace the great AI transparency reversal from GPT-4's locked-down report to 2026, and show how open source has filled the gap, getting within one release cycle of the frontier.

After the AI Crash: What Survives When the Bubble Bursts

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The AI investment bubble is deflating in plain sight: $1 trillion wiped from Big Tech in a single week, GPU rental prices down 75%, and bond markets repricing hyperscaler debt. We break down which AI companies are genuinely overvalued, which have real revenue, and what actually survives when the correction finishes its work.