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  • blitzar 17小时前
    Is the "mic drop" in the headline refering to how bad a deal this is for any startup that takes it?
  • shimman 1天前
    What a great way to boost usage before an IPO. Definitely not scammy behavior!
  • xg15 15小时前
    Is the term "tokenmaxxing" now really used unironically and as a desirable thing?
  • 1123581321 22小时前
    This sounds like how you get (or at least used to get) free AWS and Azure credits in your first x years as a startup or until you met revenue thresholds. You wouldn't get as many, but, you didn't have to give up a share of your company, to my knowledge.

    Were there actually larger credit grants that would've been in exchange for equity, or, is OpenAI doing something novel?

  • KHRZ 1天前
    If that's in API price, they may be better of with the subscription.
  • jonahbenton 1天前
    The desperation is strong in this one
  • The first taste is free, with a certain perspective on equity
    • altairprime 1天前
      Isn’t that a taxable gift, i.e. reportable income for the recipient, given the normal price charged for said tokens, though?
      • bravetraveler 23小时前
        I have no idea, just a BigCo engineer! Like someone getting hooked... taxes are a Later Problem. Anyway, the deal sounds less like a 'mic drop' and more like something else hitting the table.

        Say 'Whizbang Model 6.8' comes out and tokens burn ~5x faster; what to do? Agree to give up less of the business or hope for proportional growth? The two million that had been agreed is no longer truly available/applicable. How this and the equity 'shake out' are probably relevant.

        At risk of upsetting people, token value is arbitrary. What model, what time of day? What transaction? All to say: I have no idea what the Tax Man or our fake business would want :) Above my pay grade, thankfully!

      • HWR_14 22小时前
        No, because it's an investment for equity
    • kotaKat 16小时前
      It's just a little casual grooming for customers to prey on, is all.
  • dTal 17小时前
    Reminder that "$2 million worth of OpenAI tokens" is meaningless and codes for "as much access to OpenAI infrastructure as Sam Altman feels like letting you have".
    • interstice 17小时前
      It could be at cost, but probably not
  • mawadev 20小时前
    Very odd shadow economy that is in the making here.
    • interstice 17小时前
      Like sci-fi with currency based in kwh or life minutes but this time it's tokens
  • just_once 1天前
    I thought code was free now
    • JacobAsmuth 1天前
      Good ideas are expensive. Which is why he's blanket investing, to catch the winners.
      • just_once 16小时前
        But why would they agree? Coding is free (or at least $200 a month)
  • bigbuppo 1天前
    Hey, it's the thing I said was going to happen. Thank's for taking my suggestion, Sam.
  • dude250711 1天前
    Adding more layers to circular investments.
  • moogly 1天前
    Sounds like they have an oversupply of these tokens.
    • sellmesoap 1天前
      It's only a token offer... I'll see myself out.
  • phendrenad2 1天前
    Maybe they can borrow a few OpenAI engineers too?
  • > i am excited to see what will happen with tokenmaxxing startups, both for how they work internally and the products they can build.

    Am I the only one who gets a physical, visceral churning in their gut when they read/hear someone unironically using the term "tokenmaxxing"?

    This is the absolute worst timeline, and I'm embarrassed to even be in an industry adjacent to these dorks.

  • cyanydeez 1天前
    so weve officially reached the gambling sddiction portion of the LLM show. good luck FOMO