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anjali 🪼 @anjalishriva.com · 29/01/2026
inference gross margins have been stuck ~50% for quite some time we know Anthropic's margins were in that range December 2023
https://techcrunch.com/2024/01/23/ai-startups-margins-low-valuations/
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anjali 🪼 @anjalishriva.com · 23/01/2026
amazon has an incredible uno-reverse-card in the works here
Amazon’s “Buy For Me” feature allows users to purchase products from third-party websites without leaving Amazon’s app or site. (Amazon also has a “Shop Direct” button that links out to brands’ third-party websites for customers to complete a purchase.) When products appear on Amazon through “Buy for Me,” they are shown alongside standard Amazon search results but are clearly labeled as coming from “other brands,” with a prominent button that says “Buy for Me.”

“Buy For Me” uses “agentic AI capabilities” to provide third-party websites with shoppers’ encrypted payment and shipping information, according to Amazon. Still, several merchants said that, to shoppers accustomed to scrolling Amazon’s marketplace, the listings can resemble a typical Amazon product page, potentially giving the impression that a brand is selling directly on Amazon, even if the transaction ultimately happens elsewhere.

from https://www.modernretail.co/technology/brands-are-upset-that-buy-for-me-is-featuring-their-products-on-amazon-without-permission/?ref=mbi-deepdives.com
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anjali 🪼 @anjalishriva.com · 20/10/2025
This piece assumes Anthropic's only way out is to raise prices, but it's a systems design problem. 1. Anthropic is hiring an engineer for TPU kernel optimizations, which will bring these cloud costs in-house 2. they hired a CTO to specifically focus on infra it's clear where their focus is
Anthropic job listing for TPU Kernel Engineer: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/anthropic/jobs/4720576008Anthropic hires new CTO with focus on AI infrastructure

https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/02/anthropic-hires-new-cto-with-focus-on-ai-infrastructure/
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anjali 🪼 @anjalishriva.com · 20/10/2025
panic -> thrash -> drown this probably applies to more than swimming
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anjali 🪼 @anjalishriva.com · 09/10/2025
ZSORA
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anjali 🪼 @anjalishriva.com · 08/10/2025
they probably see copyrighted characters as a monetization vector (enough that they can promise revenue share even though the app makes $0) inclined to take them at their word on this since videogen is not cheap and must have given some thought to business model before launch
“Second, we are going to have to somehow make money for video generation. People are generating much more than we expected per user, and a lot of videos are being generated for very small audiences. We are going to try sharing some of this revenue with rightsholders who want their characters generated by users. The exact model will take some trial and error to figure out, but we plan to start very soon. Our hope is that the new kind of engagement is even more valuable than the revenue share, but of course we we want both to be valuable.”

from https://blog.samaltman.com/sora-update-number-1
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anjali 🪼 @anjalishriva.com · 08/10/2025
can’t stop thinking about how easy it was to generate copyrighted characters in Sora at launch, and how quickly they reversed it might be another example of OpenAI fafo but why didn’t they block it from the getgo??
Screenshot of generated video from Sora app with prompt “Homer Simpson as the befuddled Chief of Staff to the President of the USA”Screenshot of copyright warning in Sora app for submitted prompt “Homer Simpson as the befuddled Chief of Staff to the President of the USA”
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anjali 🪼 @anjalishriva.com · 06/10/2025
what i tell myself before asking a bluesky user to cite their sources
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anjali 🪼 @anjalishriva.com · 05/10/2025
paying respects to the last of my college study spots that's still around
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