Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Josh Edelson / AFP via Getty Images The rise of AI is many things: technological, sociological, political, even teleological. But perhaps above all, it’s financial. When OpenAI released ChatGPT back in late 2022, it quick picked up enormous user traction — and moneymen across the tech industry immediately started scheming about how to cash in from the rush of interest. The model they coalesced around