{"id":239747,"date":"2026-06-26T22:23:20","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T03:23:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/06\/ai-companies-dont-have-a-profitable-business-model-does-that-matter"},"modified":"2026-06-26T22:23:20","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T03:23:20","slug":"ai-companies-dont-have-a-profitable-business-model-does-that-matter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/06\/ai-companies-dont-have-a-profitable-business-model-does-that-matter","title":{"rendered":"AI Companies Don\u2019t Have a Profitable Business Model. Does That Matter?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/ai-companies-dont-have-a-profitable-business-model-does-that-matter.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The generative AI boom is fueled by staggering investments (including OpenAI\u2019s multibillion-dollar chip deals), but for many companies, profitability as a result of these investments has remained elusive, leading some economists to warn of an AI bubble. In this Q&amp;A, Harvard Business School\u2019s Andy Wu wades through the potential and hype of the new technology. In particular, he highlights structural challenges facing most companies and warns of inevitable expiration dates on current legacy subscription models. He says that the industry\u2019s future will depend on sustainable economics and business models that are able to capture value.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The generative AI boom is fueled by staggering investments (including OpenAI\u2019s multibillion-dollar chip deals), but for many companies, profitability as a result of these investments has remained elusive, leading some economists to warn of an AI bubble. In this Q&amp;A, Harvard Business School\u2019s Andy Wu wades through the potential and hype of the new technology. [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":662,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43,39,6,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-239747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business","category-economics","category-robotics-ai","category-sustainability"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239747","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/662"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=239747"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239747\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=239747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=239747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}