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The hypothetical annual rental value of an H100 running a human-level software engineer would exceed 15 times its current spot price.
Dwarkesh Patel · Why smarter AI models could drive up compute prices 10x · 3 Aug 2026
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“that H100 should rent for over $250K a year.”
“That's over 15x the current spot price for an H100.”Play from 4:21Report a misattribution
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