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Microsoft, Google and Amazon now depend on two money-losing AI firms

Ed Zitron reports OpenAI and Anthropic supply 70% or more of the AI revenue at three big clouds.

Ellsworth Toohey
Aug 12, 2026
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AI revenue — Data center server racks, photo by Carl Lender / CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
AI revenue — Data center server racks, photo by Carl Lender / CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)

Microsoft, Google, and Amazon's growth depends on two companies that lose tens of billions of dollars a year. In a newsletter post, "Where's Your Ed At" reported on analyst estimates from Wells Fargo, Barclays, UBS, and Deutsche Bank.

Wells Fargo estimates Microsof…

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