AI, Tokens, and the Gathering Storm
There is a possible future in which the AI boom does not end with a robot butler bringing us tea. It ends because somebody asks: “Wait. Why is this worth a trillion dollars?” OpenAI and Anthropic are now discussed less like companies and more like weather systems. Their valuations roll across the financial sky in […]
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AI, Tokens, and the Gathering Storm April 28, 2026 — by Jamie Marsland in Writings Time to read: 2–3 minutes There is a possible future in which the AI boom does not end with a robot butler bringing us tea. It ends because somebody asks: “Wait. Why is this worth a trillion dollars?” OpenAI and Anthropic are now discussed less like companies and more like weather systems. Their valuations roll across the financial sky in terrifying shapes. Hundreds of billions. Maybe a trillion. Possibly, by next Tuesday, one bajillion, pending a secondary-market trade by a guy named Brad. The trouble is that private valuations are not reality. They are vibes wearing a Patagonia vest.
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