It is impossible to justify the absurd private valuations they have given themselves in collusion with investors.
I wish they had tried to IPO because then we’d see the judgement of the market on this. But that’s why they didn’t this year. How long can they keep up the charade that their models are uniquely valuable and on the path to AGI?
> private valuations they have given themselves in collusion with investors.
What's the collusion?
Circular investment deals and investment deals at valuations which have no possible justification.
Let me ask it differently. You state the companies and their investors are colluding. Who are they colluding against?
The public that buys the stock at ipo at this inflated valuation and unwittingly buys indexes which include it (as with spacex).
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its interesting, as it's typically the banks and against the public at large because the goal is to jimmy up valuations to justify IPOs then sell on opening; just like spacex.
It's what enron was doing; it's what most of crypto's offshoots were doing.
Sure you can blame the marks of the grift and say "well the public should know they're faking all this cash flow expectation".
It seems like you're either driving the grift economy or part of the collusion.
It's similar to how a cult operates, so I'll be frank: your skepticism seems biased.
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