Is AI a "pyramid scheme" for means of payment?
Everyone who starts to explore Artificial Intelligence tools ends up bumping into the same idea: "I'm going to open a virtual store" or "I'm going to create a SaaS". AI has knocked down technical barriers. Today, anyone can generate a brand, a website and an e-commerce code in minutes. But who is really winning the "Gold Rush" of AI? In the American gold rush, those who got rich were not the ones who went looking for gold.
The article discusses how the rise of Artificial Intelligence has made it easier for people to start online businesses, such as virtual stores or SaaS companies. However, it notes that the real beneficiaries of this trend are not the entrepreneurs themselves, but rather the payment infrastructure providers like Stripe, Mercado Pago, and PayPal.
These companies profit from processing transactions, regardless of whether the online businesses succeed or fail, and their model relies on high volume. Even large AI companies like OpenAI and Midjourney use these payment infrastructures to process their subscriptions. As a result, the owners of these payment systems are quietly reaping the benefits of the AI revolution.
Written by urgent.news from Dev.to's report — not a translation of it. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.
