u/jackandjillonthehill · 22d ago1 prior · awaiting results
Making sense of Muse, the agentic model, and evaporating cash flow at META and GOOG
Google faces an even steeper cash flow problem than Meta: it already has negative FCF in Q2 2026, and launching an agentic product will push FCF further negative due to token-cost economics. Although Google has better consumer trust and existing payment/email access, the fundamental variable-cost model of agentic AI makes profitability untenable.
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