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Ah it's one of these things that they probably could be profitable, and certainly their almost billion in sales per year is healthy
It's worth remembering that corps pay no taxes if they spend more than they earn. VCs will often be happy to cover that shortfall with the idea of a big sale later. So nobody pays taxes and then eventually they sell or IPO for big bucks and roll that into more investments. The economy keeps on pumping