Big Short Calls AI Hype Again: Is OpenAI the Next Netscape?
Michael Burry, the famed “Big Short”, has issued a sharp warning: OpenAI may become the next Netscape—a company that once dominated the internet era but ultimately became a symbol of the dot-com boom-and-bust cycle.
According to Burry, Microsoft is keeping OpenAI alive, absorbing its IP while trying to keep the entity off its balance sheet. Yet, he questions why OpenAI continues to receive massive funding, arguing that the industry “needs a $500 billion IPO to sustain itself.”
Will the Big Short be proven right once again?