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Leading developers used to publish specifics on dataset sizes and graphics chip usage when releasing new AI systems. Recent flagship models from companies like Google, OpenAI, DeepSeek, and Meta omit compute budgets and token numbers entirely. The decline in public reporting occurs alongside a massive expansion in physical data center infrastructure.

In its recent investor note, payment processor Stripe claimed that the AI transition reached a crucial threshold at the start of the year. The company noted that 88 percent of leading artificial intelligence startups on the Forbes AI 50 list currently rely on its infrastructure.