On: xAI is looking more like a datacentre REIT than a frontier lab

[dmix]

In accounting terms it’s not an investment it’s an operating expense or in your example a personal expense, but if you leased a property and operated a business (ie an AirBnB for an apartment) it could be considered as part of an investment as it’s a means to make a profit.

[nemomarx → dmix]

that would be an investment in your own business, not in your landlord right?

[dmix → nemomarx]

The landlords business is the rent, your business goal would be making a profit more than the lease. This is pretty simple stuff