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Applied AI·September 2, 2026·1 min read

Altman Says AI Will Be Greatest Boom in Business the World Has Ever Seen

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Altman framing AI as the greatest business boom ever is less about prediction and more about setting expectations for capital and policy support. For operators, the takeaway isn’t the hype — it’s that investors and regulators are being primed to tolerate heavy upfront spend and experimentation, which you can leverage if you have a clear path to real workflows and revenue.

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