beep@piefed.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoOpenAI Losses Increased Nearly 8X in 2025, With Spending Hitting $34 Billionwww.wheresyoured.atexternal-linkmessage-square21linkfedilinkarrow-up1184arrow-down11file-textcross-posted to: news@lemmy.world
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minus-squareuninvitedguest@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agoA loss is not an imbalance of debits and credits, but how much of those debits end up in expenses and the credits end up in revenue. DR Expense $1,000 CR Cash $1,000 With no other activity in a period, that is a $1,000 loss funded by cash. DR Expense $1,000 CR Loan $1,000 Is a loss funded by borrowings. DR Sales Discounts $1,000 CR Sales Revenue $1,000 Is 0 profit/expense as the sale was marked down to 0 (assuming no cost of sales).
minus-squaredhork@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agoExactly. My terminology might not be correct, but my point is that their books can be perfectly balanced, and they can also be losing a shit-ton of money, as long as investors keep shoveling money in.
minus-squareuninvitedguest@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoYeah the terminology the books are balanced, there are just more debits than credits is the opposite of everything discussed above.
A loss is not an imbalance of debits and credits, but how much of those debits end up in expenses and the credits end up in revenue.
DR Expense $1,000 CR Cash $1,000With no other activity in a period, that is a $1,000 loss funded by cash.
DR Expense $1,000 CR Loan $1,000Is a loss funded by borrowings.
DR Sales Discounts $1,000 CR Sales Revenue $1,000Is 0 profit/expense as the sale was marked down to 0 (assuming no cost of sales).
Exactly. My terminology might not be correct, but my point is that their books can be perfectly balanced, and they can also be losing a shit-ton of money, as long as investors keep shoveling money in.
Yeah the terminology
is the opposite of everything discussed above.