A private company offers private-equity firms guarantee 17.5% return + early access to latest model of their product if aforementioned private-equity firms decides to invest in them
So what’s the problem here again? Aside from the bs guarantee return which private-equity firms can sue them for if they fail to deliver, there’s nothing illegal here.
OSRSkarma on
Company losing 14B a year guaranteeing 17.5% returns?
Where have i seen this before
Safe-Tennis-6121 on
I can’t see how this would not turn out well. /S
Skezzors on
How can a company with no proof of revenue guarantee any ROI? Let alone as high as 17.5%
ProjectStrange3331 on
How are you connecting this to illegal behavior? What have they done other than offer incredible terms. I assume the contracts will lay out the terms of how that 17.5 is guaranteed/secured, but I’m not seeing anything illegal.
BiggieMoe01 on
They will do what they do best. Borrow money to cover what they owe with that 17.5%. At this point this resembles what MSTR is doing. Money is not real.
Salty-Ad6128 on
Scam
bittersterling on
Definitely not a ponzi scheme trying to get more cash to burn.
admin_default on
Nice.
1. Pile on the debt.
2. Get a bunch of users.
3. File for bankruptcy.
4. Sell off the assets at discount to other companies you control.
voxpopper on
To be fair the A in OpenAI does look like a pyramid.
Beneficial_Map6129 on
Sounds like they are desperate
rahvan on
Not a bubble tho lol
No-Phrase-4692 on
I know a good deal when I see one!
ChatGPT, build me a bridge that I can buy from you
wakaWear on
This has WeWork vibes
SubjectAfraid on
ENRON 2.0
redpillsbluepills on
Scam Altman is in his Bernie Madoff era, lol.
IWasRightOnce on
Nothing about this is unusual other than the 17.5% rate, and even that isn’t wildly higher than other companies have done.
It is only “guaranteed” so far as the company succeeds.
tuesday-next22 on
They can’t raise money. If they could sell bonds with normal investment grade spreads they would. I’m not sure I would touch that 17.5% even if I could.
thri54 on
Why would it be illegal? OpenAI can give money to PE if they want to.
sailortyx56 on
Reeks of desperation
Bogey_Yogi on
Whenever I watched the show “American Greed” the episodes where someone guaranteed a certain rate of return, it was a scam.
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ScamAI
It’s (D)ifferent.
https://www.reuters.com/business/openai-sweetens-private-equity-pitch-amid-enterprise-turf-war-with-anthropic-2026-03-23/
A private company offers private-equity firms guarantee 17.5% return + early access to latest model of their product if aforementioned private-equity firms decides to invest in them
So what’s the problem here again? Aside from the bs guarantee return which private-equity firms can sue them for if they fail to deliver, there’s nothing illegal here.
Company losing 14B a year guaranteeing 17.5% returns?
Where have i seen this before
I can’t see how this would not turn out well. /S
How can a company with no proof of revenue guarantee any ROI? Let alone as high as 17.5%
How are you connecting this to illegal behavior? What have they done other than offer incredible terms. I assume the contracts will lay out the terms of how that 17.5 is guaranteed/secured, but I’m not seeing anything illegal.
They will do what they do best. Borrow money to cover what they owe with that 17.5%. At this point this resembles what MSTR is doing. Money is not real.
Scam
Definitely not a ponzi scheme trying to get more cash to burn.
Nice.
1. Pile on the debt.
2. Get a bunch of users.
3. File for bankruptcy.
4. Sell off the assets at discount to other companies you control.
To be fair the A in OpenAI does look like a pyramid.
Sounds like they are desperate
Not a bubble tho lol
I know a good deal when I see one!
ChatGPT, build me a bridge that I can buy from you
This has WeWork vibes
ENRON 2.0
Scam Altman is in his Bernie Madoff era, lol.
Nothing about this is unusual other than the 17.5% rate, and even that isn’t wildly higher than other companies have done.
It is only “guaranteed” so far as the company succeeds.
They can’t raise money. If they could sell bonds with normal investment grade spreads they would. I’m not sure I would touch that 17.5% even if I could.
Why would it be illegal? OpenAI can give money to PE if they want to.
Reeks of desperation
Whenever I watched the show “American Greed” the episodes where someone guaranteed a certain rate of return, it was a scam.