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During the first Trump administration, the notion that Washington might deliver Venezuela from Maduro didn’t seem all that far-fetched (and didn’t seem to require a profit motive).
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Gisela Salim-Peyer, The Atlantic, 20 June 2025
But actual orchestration, especially in Asia, means hundreds of direct PSP and APM plugs, sub-eight-week onboarding, and Switzerland-level neutrality - tough for a platform whose profit motive is to keep volume on Stripe.
—Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
The profit motive meant that HMO administrators had an incentive to discourage patient utilization of medical services, often leading to understaffed facilities in an attempt to reduce costs and increase profits.
—Time, 6 May 2025
In fact, the letter documents that OpenAI was founded precisely because many people were worried that AI would otherwise be developed within Google, which was and is a massive commercial entity with a profit motive.
—Kelsey Piper, Vox, 25 Apr. 2025
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Gisela Salim-Peyer, The Atlantic, 20 June 2025
But actual orchestration, especially in Asia, means hundreds of direct PSP and APM plugs, sub-eight-week onboarding, and Switzerland-level neutrality - tough for a platform whose profit motive is to keep volume on Stripe.
—Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
The profit motive meant that HMO administrators had an incentive to discourage patient utilization of medical services, often leading to understaffed facilities in an attempt to reduce costs and increase profits.
—Time, 6 May 2025
In fact, the letter documents that OpenAI was founded precisely because many people were worried that AI would otherwise be developed within Google, which was and is a massive commercial entity with a profit motive.
—Kelsey Piper, Vox, 25 Apr. 2025
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“Profit motive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/profit%20motive. Accessed 16 Jul. 2025.
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