AI companies investing in each other: where does the money come from?

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Consider technological value separately from dependence on funding flows.

A data-center finance manager and engineer distinguish actual customers from investment funding, in the first 3 panels. This does not reenact real people or events.
A data-center finance manager and engineer distinguish actual customers from investment funding, in the final 3 panels. This does not reenact real people or events.

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An interpretation of the fictional story, not a statement by the original video creator.

Separate investment proceeds, revenue billed to customers, and cash actually collected when reading a transaction structure. Reciprocal investment and purchasing can support genuine demand for services, so connections alone do not establish fictitious revenue. Examining whether customers could continue buying with cash earned from their own operations if new investment declined can help assess how dependent growth is on financing.

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