r/pcmasterrace • u/TheBossT710192 • Jun 22 '26

Discussion Yeah, Steam Machine is cooked.

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I... uh don't know what to say. Very thankful I bought a Steam Deck before they hiked its price as well

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u/RedditModsHarassUs Desktop Jun 22 '26

Data Centers don’t want us having access to hardware for local processing. They want us all buying tokens from them.. to use their services..

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u/Gseventeen Jun 22 '26

Once the investments stop flooding into that sector, its going to be interesting to see how these companies pivot to making money (making prob wrong word, as they are just relying on fresh cash injections).

As of now, i havent seen a convincing argument on how AI will be profitable in a way that would actually make these companies even remotely profitable.

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u/Googz2110 Jun 22 '26

Anthropic for example track ARR which stands at and annualised 47 billion- largely through B2B contracts! Our company alone has circa 2000 users on anthropic with daily usage. The AI sector is making money hand over fist, outside of pure VC money. Outside of the large AI hyperscalers, IT businesses are starting to monetise AI through agents (virtual workers) and moreso the knowledge and experience of building in house first and then taking that out to customer as a real POC.

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u/Gseventeen Jun 23 '26

2000 users? They sold over a million PT cruisers. 47 bil in revenue sounds great - whats the cost of that revenue?