2025-05-22
New York Times
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Sources: OpenAI owned a 23% stake in io from a 2024 deal, so it is now paying ~$5B to fully acquire it; the OpenAI Startup Fund also invested in io in 2024
OpenAI buys Ive's “io” in San Francisco as Google holds their i/o conference down in mountain view right at this moment (also apple stock dropped ~2 percent this morning on the acquisition news) Ben N...
2024-09-29
New York Times
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Sources: TSMC's execs took to calling Sam Altman a “podcasting bro” after he said it would take $7T and many years to build 36 chip plants to fulfill his vision
OpenAI CEO made absurd requests for 36 fabs for $7 trillion Zo Ahmed / TechSpot : OpenAI's Sam Altman dismissed as “podcasting bro” by TSMC over $7 trillion proposal Kevin Okemwa / Windows Central : O...
2024-07-19
The Information
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Sources: OpenAI has talked to chip designers including Broadcom about developing an AI server chip and hired former members of a Google unit that produces TPUs
looks like the real Oracle is in Congress! @modestproposal1 : It's a good article from @theinformation on Altman wanting to set up companies to design and purchase huge amounts of chips and build larg...
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