[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.] #  @FinanceDirCFO Alastair Thomson Alastair Thomson posts on X about $500bn, investment, open ai, sistine chapel the most. They currently have XXXXX followers and 2762 posts still getting attention that total XXX engagements in the last XX hours. ### Engagements: XXX [#](/creator/twitter::1076488262410211328/interactions)  - X Week XXXXX +74% - X Month XXXXXX -XXXX% - X Months XXXXXX +39% - X Year XXXXXXX -XX% ### Mentions: X [#](/creator/twitter::1076488262410211328/posts_active)  ### Followers: XXXXX [#](/creator/twitter::1076488262410211328/followers)  - X Week XXXXX +0.02% - X Month XXXXX +0.26% - X Months XXXXX +3.50% - X Year XXXXX -XXXX% ### CreatorRank: XXXXXXXXX [#](/creator/twitter::1076488262410211328/influencer_rank)  ### Social Influence [#](/creator/twitter::1076488262410211328/influence) --- **Social category influence** [finance](/list/finance) [stocks](/list/stocks) [technology brands](/list/technology-brands) [travel destinations](/list/travel-destinations) [countries](/list/countries) **Social topic influence** [$500bn](/topic/$500bn) #1, [investment](/topic/investment), [open ai](/topic/open-ai), [sistine chapel](/topic/sistine-chapel), [all the](/topic/all-the), [real world](/topic/real-world), [llms](/topic/llms), [$450m](/topic/$450m), [$1b](/topic/$1b), [wall street](/topic/wall-street) **Top assets mentioned** [Goldman Sachs (GS)](/topic/goldman-sachs) [Morgan Stanley (MS)](/topic/morgan-stanley) [Bank of America (BAC)](/topic/bank-of-america) [Microsoft Corp. (MSFT)](/topic/microsoft) ### Top Social Posts [#](/creator/twitter::1076488262410211328/posts) --- Top posts by engagements in the last XX hours "@MerrynSW Nobody. That's why so much of today's tech is valueless. And therefore unlikely to sustain too many $500bn valuations" [X Link](https://x.com/FinanceDirCFO/status/1977401643147649062) [@FinanceDirCFO](/creator/x/FinanceDirCFO) 2025-10-12T15:51Z 4565 followers, XXX engagements "@PolemicTMM Possibly not. But they can't paint the roof of the Sistine Chapel either so po-tay-to po-tat-to. 😉" [X Link](https://x.com/FinanceDirCFO/status/1980703437462597929) [@FinanceDirCFO](/creator/x/FinanceDirCFO) 2025-10-21T18:31Z 4566 followers, XX engagements "Don't suppose it ever struck those political geniuses that an increase in tax/NI will just be costed back into the fees professionals charge meaning that in the not-too-distant future this move will have achieved pretty much nothing for the wider economy. (1/2)" [X Link](https://x.com/FinanceDirCFO/status/1981043817374519586) [@FinanceDirCFO](/creator/x/FinanceDirCFO) 2025-10-22T17:03Z 4567 followers, XXX engagements "(2/2) Not saying that LLPs should necessarily have different tax treatment to PAYE or ltd cos just pointing out that if your solicitor pays XX% more in tax but it costs you XX% more to buy a house overall that doesn't feel like much of a win" [X Link](https://x.com/FinanceDirCFO/status/1981043819148718098) [@FinanceDirCFO](/creator/x/FinanceDirCFO) 2025-10-22T17:03Z 4567 followers, XX engagements "Sobering reading for all the AI grifters and pitch men. I've been saying for some time that I've yet to see a real world business case that might sustain a $500bn company valuation. I still haven't" [X Link](https://x.com/FinanceDirCFO/status/1980876779460907396) [@FinanceDirCFO](/creator/x/FinanceDirCFO) 2025-10-22T06:00Z 4566 followers, XXX engagements "Unfortunately nobody will be able to sustain a $500bn market value indefinitely without delivering something transformative. Hence the grifters getting more and more desperate to find something (or claim they have which helps perpetuate their grift a little longer.)" [X Link](https://x.com/FinanceDirCFO/status/1979787727584579873) [@FinanceDirCFO](/creator/x/FinanceDirCFO) 2025-10-19T05:52Z 4565 followers, XXX engagements "This is ridiculous. In my experience of using Starbucks they don't need to invest $450m in tech. They just need to stop their staff chatting with one another for long enough to serve paying customers their drinks. That's a $ bn return on an investment of $0.much better" [X Link](https://x.com/FinanceDirCFO/status/1979806369990705513) [@FinanceDirCFO](/creator/x/FinanceDirCFO) 2025-10-19T07:06Z 4565 followers, XXX engagements "I already have a couple of perfectly decent browsers so this is a marginal gain at best. You need something transformational to support a $500bn valuation and a new browser isn't it. If this is the best idea they've had that proves there's no real-world business case for AI" [X Link](https://x.com/FinanceDirCFO/status/1980883324982743405) [@FinanceDirCFO](/creator/x/FinanceDirCFO) 2025-10-22T06:26Z 4565 followers, XXX engagements "Leaving any other considerations aside I can't imagine the cream of Wall Street investment banking is working anywhere for $150ph. So this claim like pretty much every other AI company's claim is likely to be nonsense" [X Link](https://x.com/FinanceDirCFO/status/1980899300189302962) [@FinanceDirCFO](/creator/x/FinanceDirCFO) 2025-10-22T07:29Z 4566 followers, XXX engagements "Not nearly as insane as pouring $ billions into a technology that doesn't work though.and trying to convince the world that the company that's promoting it is worth $500bn" [X Link](https://x.com/FinanceDirCFO/status/1980915216021152236) [@FinanceDirCFO](/creator/x/FinanceDirCFO) 2025-10-22T08:32Z 4565 followers, XXX engagements "The worst idea in politics since someone said: "You know who would make a great prime minister Liz Truss"" [X Link](https://x.com/FinanceDirCFO/status/1981786564729442604) [@FinanceDirCFO](/creator/x/FinanceDirCFO) 2025-10-24T18:15Z 4567 followers, XX engagements "@bruceclarkprof @liseymacd Some interesting points. I was nodding along a fair bit until it said "Nvidia can borrow more cheaply because it's bigger than OpenAI". To tiny fractions of a % that might be true but the cost of capital for a $500bn business shouldn't be significantly greater than a $4tn one" [X Link](https://x.com/FinanceDirCFO/status/1981244345442275496) [@FinanceDirCFO](/creator/x/FinanceDirCFO) 2025-10-23T06:20Z 4566 followers, XX engagements "I don't know as much about investment strategy as BoA but this view of the economy seems about right to me. We're not yet in crisis mode but it wouldn't take all that much more to tip things over the edge.when you've been through recessions before you recognise the signs" [X Link](https://x.com/FinanceDirCFO/status/1981339648140943513) [@FinanceDirCFO](/creator/x/FinanceDirCFO) 2025-10-23T12:39Z 4566 followers, XXX engagements "Comedy value apart you would have to be insane to trust your personal information much less your bank account to anyone working in the AI sector" [X Link](https://x.com/FinanceDirCFO/status/1981443504975773733) [@FinanceDirCFO](/creator/x/FinanceDirCFO) 2025-10-23T19:31Z 4567 followers, XXX engagements "At this rate I'm going back to sending handwritten letters and doing my research at the library. There is nothing good about AI. Sticking it in a browser just makes everything worse. (Pretty much AI's playbook for everything it touches.)" [X Link](https://x.com/FinanceDirCFO/status/1981702228709917049) [@FinanceDirCFO](/creator/x/FinanceDirCFO) 2025-10-24T12:40Z 4567 followers, XXX engagements
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@FinanceDirCFO Alastair Thomson
Alastair Thomson posts on X about $500bn, investment, open ai, sistine chapel the most. They currently have XXXXX followers and 2762 posts still getting attention that total XXX engagements in the last XX hours.
Engagements: XXX #
- X Week XXXXX +74%
- X Month XXXXXX -XXXX%
- X Months XXXXXX +39%
- X Year XXXXXXX -XX%
Mentions: X #
Followers: XXXXX #
- X Week XXXXX +0.02%
- X Month XXXXX +0.26%
- X Months XXXXX +3.50%
- X Year XXXXX -XXXX%
CreatorRank: XXXXXXXXX #
Social Influence #
Social category influence finance stocks technology brands travel destinations countries
Social topic influence $500bn #1, investment, open ai, sistine chapel, all the, real world, llms, $450m, $1b, wall street
Top assets mentioned Goldman Sachs (GS) Morgan Stanley (MS) Bank of America (BAC) Microsoft Corp. (MSFT)
Top Social Posts #
Top posts by engagements in the last XX hours
"@MerrynSW Nobody. That's why so much of today's tech is valueless. And therefore unlikely to sustain too many $500bn valuations"
X Link @FinanceDirCFO 2025-10-12T15:51Z 4565 followers, XXX engagements
"@PolemicTMM Possibly not. But they can't paint the roof of the Sistine Chapel either so po-tay-to po-tat-to. 😉"
X Link @FinanceDirCFO 2025-10-21T18:31Z 4566 followers, XX engagements
"Don't suppose it ever struck those political geniuses that an increase in tax/NI will just be costed back into the fees professionals charge meaning that in the not-too-distant future this move will have achieved pretty much nothing for the wider economy. (1/2)"
X Link @FinanceDirCFO 2025-10-22T17:03Z 4567 followers, XXX engagements
"(2/2) Not saying that LLPs should necessarily have different tax treatment to PAYE or ltd cos just pointing out that if your solicitor pays XX% more in tax but it costs you XX% more to buy a house overall that doesn't feel like much of a win"
X Link @FinanceDirCFO 2025-10-22T17:03Z 4567 followers, XX engagements
"Sobering reading for all the AI grifters and pitch men. I've been saying for some time that I've yet to see a real world business case that might sustain a $500bn company valuation. I still haven't"
X Link @FinanceDirCFO 2025-10-22T06:00Z 4566 followers, XXX engagements
"Unfortunately nobody will be able to sustain a $500bn market value indefinitely without delivering something transformative. Hence the grifters getting more and more desperate to find something (or claim they have which helps perpetuate their grift a little longer.)"
X Link @FinanceDirCFO 2025-10-19T05:52Z 4565 followers, XXX engagements
"This is ridiculous. In my experience of using Starbucks they don't need to invest $450m in tech. They just need to stop their staff chatting with one another for long enough to serve paying customers their drinks. That's a $ bn return on an investment of $0.much better"
X Link @FinanceDirCFO 2025-10-19T07:06Z 4565 followers, XXX engagements
"I already have a couple of perfectly decent browsers so this is a marginal gain at best. You need something transformational to support a $500bn valuation and a new browser isn't it. If this is the best idea they've had that proves there's no real-world business case for AI"
X Link @FinanceDirCFO 2025-10-22T06:26Z 4565 followers, XXX engagements
"Leaving any other considerations aside I can't imagine the cream of Wall Street investment banking is working anywhere for $150ph. So this claim like pretty much every other AI company's claim is likely to be nonsense"
X Link @FinanceDirCFO 2025-10-22T07:29Z 4566 followers, XXX engagements
"Not nearly as insane as pouring $ billions into a technology that doesn't work though.and trying to convince the world that the company that's promoting it is worth $500bn"
X Link @FinanceDirCFO 2025-10-22T08:32Z 4565 followers, XXX engagements
"The worst idea in politics since someone said: "You know who would make a great prime minister Liz Truss""
X Link @FinanceDirCFO 2025-10-24T18:15Z 4567 followers, XX engagements
"@bruceclarkprof @liseymacd Some interesting points. I was nodding along a fair bit until it said "Nvidia can borrow more cheaply because it's bigger than OpenAI". To tiny fractions of a % that might be true but the cost of capital for a $500bn business shouldn't be significantly greater than a $4tn one"
X Link @FinanceDirCFO 2025-10-23T06:20Z 4566 followers, XX engagements
"I don't know as much about investment strategy as BoA but this view of the economy seems about right to me. We're not yet in crisis mode but it wouldn't take all that much more to tip things over the edge.when you've been through recessions before you recognise the signs"
X Link @FinanceDirCFO 2025-10-23T12:39Z 4566 followers, XXX engagements
"Comedy value apart you would have to be insane to trust your personal information much less your bank account to anyone working in the AI sector"
X Link @FinanceDirCFO 2025-10-23T19:31Z 4567 followers, XXX engagements
"At this rate I'm going back to sending handwritten letters and doing my research at the library. There is nothing good about AI. Sticking it in a browser just makes everything worse. (Pretty much AI's playbook for everything it touches.)"
X Link @FinanceDirCFO 2025-10-24T12:40Z 4567 followers, XXX engagements