Gerry McGovernMay 21

"But behind the headlines, lies the truth: AI is taking all the cash from the biggest names in the market. In fact, in just five quarters (2025 through 1Q26), Alphabet (GOOGL), Microsoft (MSFT), Meta (META), Amazon (AMZN), and Oracle (ORCL) burned a combined $563 billion in free cash flow (FCF)."

https://www.forbes.com/sites/greatspeculations/2026/05/20/ai-is-devouring-all-the-cash/

AI Is Devouring All The Cash

But behind the headlines, lies the truth: AI is taking all the cash from the biggest names in the market.

Forbes
Show threadRodrigo
@gerrymcgovern Burning cash as tributes for the AI god left your company without coin to pay the workforce, what a surprise https://www.businessinsider.com/read-meta-layoff-email-employees-2026-5
Read the email Meta is sending to thousands of laid-off employees

Meta emailed thousands of employees notifying them that they'd been laid off. Read the email explaining how the layoffs will work.

Business Insider
May 21 at 10:55amWeb
Show threadCarina C. ZonaMay 21

@rodricels "Sincerely,
Meta Leadership"

Cowardly assholes who don't even put their name to axing 1 in 10 employees. Undefinable "leadership" did it, you see, not any individual or group of individuals. The CEO, the rest of the C-suite, and board have no idea who you could blame.

Show threadRodrigoMay 21
@cczona and, as always, C board does not take consequences over their bad decisions, bonus are untouchables