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Tren Griffin points out that subsidies for AI services are included as part of customer acquisition cost. According to Griffin, this represents an up front cash expense for businesses.
Griffin has previously commented on the informal sourcing practices of private secondary share sales before IPOs in the late 1990s. He also recalled Paul Allen's $1998 acquisition of Charter Communications as part of a wider wired world strategy. Both posts reflect Griffin's focus on financial strategy and transaction structures in technology markets.