Perplexity, OpenAI, Google, Microsoft: Mark Cuban Says You’re All Spending Wrong

Perplexity, OpenAI, Google, Microsoft: Mark Cuban Says You’re All Spending Wrong

By Harsh Vardhan
Publication Date: 2025-11-27 14:40:00

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Mark Cuban has been an outspoken ally for AI advancement and early adoption. Many people were at one point, until the evils of AI started coming to the surface. And now Cuban has changed his stance.

Mark Cuban was once a major advocate for rapid AI adoption. He is now sounding the alarm on where the industry is heading and why he thinks a bubble is forming.

Now, Mark Cuban is pushing back against the direction he sees top AI companies heading. He has called out Perplexity, OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Microsoft, and Meta in a recent interview.

Mark Cuban Says AI Companies Are Spending Wrong

Mark’s main criticism is that these companies are throwing massive amounts of money into a race to create the most powerful AI on the planet.

He explained this by saying, “You’ve got five, six, whatever it is, companies that are trying to create the ultimate foundational model that we all depend on. It’s almost like in the ’90s when all the search engines were competing pre-Google… Now, we know with search engines it’s Google, and then there’s Bing, as, like, 1 or 2% and DuckDuckGo has got a half a percent. So it’s effectively a winner-take-all.”

Cuban believes the money being poured in could inflate the market beyond what is realistic. He is apprehensive that these companies might be pushing too hard and too fast.

His point is that excitement can quickly turn into excess, especially when every company wants to be first. If that…