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OpenAI's Growth Is Slowing. Is The AI Bubble Popping?

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Apr 29, 2026
They unpack a WSJ report that OpenAI missed key user and revenue targets and what that means for funding and IPO pressure. They contrast rapid AI capability advances with the messy business side and infrastructure costs. New model and tooling news includes a real-time voice web demo, a Blender connector for 3D, NVIDIA’s multimodal Nemotron 3 Nano Omni, and a vintage-trained LLM.
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INSIGHT

Circular Funding Links Raise Market Fragility

  • AI funding is circular among a few large players creating systemic risk if one slows down.
  • Kevin maps checks flowing between Oracle, OpenAI, NVIDIA and others, which links institutional exposure and pension funds.
INSIGHT

Small Startups Are Where The Dam Will Break First

  • The bubble's weakest point is small AI startups that raised mid-size rounds with shallow product-market fit.
  • Gavin argues millions of marginal companies with low traction will fail before frontier labs falter.
ADVICE

Translate Capability Into Paid Use Cases

  • Focus on practical enterprise value so users will pay and revenue can catch up to infrastructure spending.
  • Gavin stresses proving useful workflows (like coding with AI) to convert utility into paying customers.
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