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# Why Big Tech's LLMs Are Modern Death Stars
- URL: https://adjacent.media/signals/why-big-techs-llms-are-modern-death-stars/
- Published: 2026-04-24T16:04:35.000Z
- Updated: 2026-04-24T16:04:35.000Z
- Description: The Death Star analogy captures something real about current LLM economics: these models require vast computational infrastructure, energy consumption, and capital that only a handful of actors (OpenAI, Google, Meta, Anthropic) can build. This creates a structural barrier to entry.
- Author: Jonathan Greene
- Tags: #signal, theme-ai, AI & ML, sustainability

Source: [Troy Young](https://open.substack.com/pub/troyyoung/p/death-stars)

The Death Star analogy captures something real about current LLM economics: these models require vast computational infrastructure, energy consumption, and capital that only a handful of actors (OpenAI, Google, Meta, Anthropic) can build. This creates a structural barrier to entry. The next decade of AI development will be shaped by the strategic choices of four or five companies with billions in sunk costs and little incentive to open their systems.