Unverified50% confidenceOpinionExact time
Apollo chief economist Torsten Slok believes that AI has delivered almost zero financial return for US companies outside the tech industry.
1
Sources
50%
Confidence
Medium-term (~90 days)
Relevance
10/25/2026
First Seen
Valid until: 1/23/2027
Sources
Related Entities
Related Claims
UnverifiedAcross the entire S&P 500, the total market capitalization of energy-related companies adds up to less than 3 trillion USD, of which only a small portion serves AI.63% similarUnverifiedIn one experiment where LLMs were left to independently operate real small businesses, the AI operators incurred actual losses of approximately $3,200.57% similarUnverifiedEvery use of an AI product triggers GPU/TPU computation, making the marginal cost significantly higher than the near-zero marginal cost of traditional SaaS products.56% similar
Cite This Claim
Stable URI
https://kongchang.com/claim/1097323API
curl https://kongchang.com/api/v1/knowledge/claims/1097323MCP
get_claim(id=1097323)