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Ask HN: Do you know any company that's making money with LLMs

A Hacker News user challenged the community to identify companies generating real profits from LLM-based products, excluding firms selling infrastructure to AI developers. The user, who described themselves as an "LLM-skeptic," requested examples of fully automated SaaS businesses with proven profitability rather than future profit promises.

read1 min publishedJun 5, 2026

| |||||||||||| 1 point by | I am an LLM-skeptic: I think it’s an insanely good technology, propped up by the most egregious financial scam of all time. I would be open to be proven wrong though, so please: can anyone point at decent, profit making implementations of LLMs in companies? Can you point at a fully automated saas that’s actually turning a real relevant profit? No, the promises of future profits don’t count. And no, the companies profiting from selling shovels to gold rushers also don’t count. Thanks | ||||||||||| |

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