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An excellent example of how deeply intertwined Silicon Valley is with the Persian Gulf. Any interruptions of that capital flow pose a serious risk to the Valley's future viability, esp when AI is so debt-hungry.
Phoebe Liu
Ryan C. Smith
Read the whole piece, but also note that the authors demonstrate - implicitly, but quite correctly - that DE’s business registry is *more secretive* than the UAE’s equivalent.
This should be top of mind when you hear DE pols (even WFP allied progressives!) defend the corporate franchise revenues.
Another day. Another neolab fundraise. xAI cofounder Igor Babuschkin is in talks to raise up to $1 billion at an up to $5 billion valuation for a new AI startup, sources tell Forbes.
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He’s the latest superstar AI researcher to take advantage of the wave of investment dollars going into so-called ‘neolabs,’ which have no product or revenue.
Sheikh Tahnoon is crushing it—
This VC firm!
Funneled hundreds of millions to Trumps and Witkoffs by investing in World Liberty Financial!
Routed $2B of World Liberty’s stablecoin to Binance!
And…
He’s the UAE’s national security advisor!
The AI data center boom put American-funded, America-based data centers on Middle East soil. Here’s how the war—and Iran’s drone attacks on Amazon data centers—is impacting how these capital-intensive projects are thinking about security.
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My last magazine story for @forbes.com is a deep dive into the #SPV ecosystem. Who's profiting? How? There's room for ample innovation and ample risk. Why is the space changing so quickly, and what's next?
Would love to know what you think:
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Unlike today’s biggest AI labs, SAS—once America’s largest private software co—has always operated slowly, steadily & profitably. Competition from all sides + an upcoming leadership transition will test the company’s longstanding strategy.
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OpenAI is one of the former crypto miner’s largest contracted customers. Here are the risks and how CoreWeave is thinking about them.
On Sunday, our members placed flyers around Forbes Vice Chairman Mike Perlis’s hometown. Perlis has been absent from bargaining for years, despite our calls for fair wages and workplace protections.
Management has no excuses. Forbes employees deserve a fair contract, and we will win one.
A workplace lawsuit has opened the lid on the little-known ownership structure of Insight Partners, an investor in OpenAI and Anthropic: It is now partially owned by the government of Abu Dhabi.
Read for more details. With @iainmartin.bsky.social for @forbes.com:
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A workplace lawsuit has opened the lid on the little-known ownership structure of Insight Partners, an investor in OpenAI and Anthropic: It is now partially owned by the government of Abu Dhabi.
Read for more details. With @iainmartin.bsky.social for @forbes.com:
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A workplace lawsuit has opened the lid on the little-known ownership structure of Insight Partners, an investor in OpenAI and Anthropic: It is now partially owned by the government of Abu Dhabi.
Read for more details. With @iainmartin.bsky.social for @forbes.com:
www.forbes.com/sites/iainma...
Phoebe Liu
Unlike most of today’s biggest AI companies, SAS—once America’s largest privately held software company—has always operated slowly, steadily and profitably. Competition from all sides and an upcoming ...
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A workplace lawsuit has opened the lid on the little-known ownership structure of Insight Partners, an investor in OpenAI and Anthropic: It is now partially owned by the government of Abu Dhabi.
Read for more details. With @iainmartin.bsky.social for @forbes.com:
www.forbes.com/sites/iainma...
A workplace lawsuit has opened the lid on the little-known ownership structure of Insight Partners, an investor in OpenAI and Anthropic: It is now partially owned by the government of Abu Dhabi.
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A workplace lawsuit has opened the lid on the little-known ownership structure of Insight Partners, an investor in OpenAI and Anthropic: It is now partially owned by the government of Abu Dhabi.
A workplace lawsuit has opened the lid on the little-known ownership structure of Insight Partners, an investor in OpenAI and Anthropic: It is now partially owned by the government of Abu Dhabi.
A workplace lawsuit has opened the lid on the little-known ownership structure of Insight Partners, an investor in OpenAI and Anthropic: It is now partially owned by the government of Abu Dhabi.
Here’s how the Iran war—and Iran’s drone attacks on Amazon data centers—is impacting how capital-intensive AI data center projects are thinking about security.
