What it is: A first post in a blog series called "What the Number Means" — each post takes a number too large to land and holds it against something real. Here, I break down the recent fundraising wave at OpenAI, Anthropic, and xAI using GDP comparisons, per-second math, and defence budgets.

Why: These numbers get reported and forgotten. Nobody stops to ask what $17,000 per second in valuation growth actually looks like next to a country of 56 million people.

Link: rijnhardt.hashnode.dev/160-billion-three-labs-six…

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