A post warns against treating different AI cash flows alike
The critique contrasts 10-year contracts to buy compute with one-year software contracts for AI inference, arguing that cash flows shouldn't substitute for scrutiny of the underlying asset.
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One post argues that few cash flows warrant underwriting, especially when evaluating them becomes a way to avoid assessing the underlying asset. It cautions against conflating 10-year compute purchase contracts with one-year software contracts for inference—running AI models. In the author's view, only two levers matter: improving the asset's residual value or strengthening credit protection.
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