I chatted with AMDβs senior vice president of AI about the companyβs massive deal with OpenAI, and how AMDβs software efforts played a part in scoring the agreement.
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I chatted with AMDβs senior vice president of AI about the companyβs massive deal with OpenAI, and how AMDβs software efforts played a part in scoring the agreement.
www.forbes.com/sites/richar...
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09.10.2025 15:15 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0In my latest for @forbes.com I did some math on how the spate of massive #AI infra deals is benefiting the dealmakers most of all. These founders, CEOs and investors keep getting richer while critics condemn their "circular deals":
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Yes -- I'm sorry about that! Fixing now
09.10.2025 15:10 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Some of them have been able to sell, yes! Ie Jensen Huang sells most days, the CRWV guys have sold > $1b collectively, then thereβs the $6.6b OpenAI tender tho itβs unclear who sold. But the overwhelming majority is tied up in shares of respective public/private cos and would tank if bubble bursts
09.10.2025 14:58 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@forbes.com mgt, led by CEO Sherry Phillips and CCO Randall Lane, have proposed 1.25% annual bumps for staff, not even keeping up with inflation--when many in the newsroom go YEARS without a raise. #journalismjobs @nyguild.bsky.social
08.10.2025 18:07 β π 5 π 6 π¬ 0 π 0Thanks for sharing!
09.10.2025 13:18 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Since January 1, these billionaires have gotten $460B richer due to AI and data centers.
Customers for AI products may be dubious, and communities & ratepayers feeling the burdens of data centers may be unhappy, but these folks think the boom is just great. @pheebini.bsky.social: 20 billionaires tied to the AI and data center boom have added >$450B to their fortunes since January 1.
09.10.2025 13:17 β π 15 π 10 π¬ 4 π 2new from me: time is a flat circle
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New: "Trump Golf Course Displays Gold Presidential SealβHereβs Why That Could Violate Federal Law" ποΈπ
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Amid all this $ORCL's proxy came out ... Larry Ellison now has 346 million shares pledged (as of 9/19/25), up from 277 million last year. The difference is worth ~$20 billion (more than the supposed EV of whatever portion of TikTok's U.S. business that's supposed to spin out)
26.09.2025 21:57 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The exact lineup of investors taking control of TikTok U.S. is still under wraps, but the network of players is in some cases nearly half a century in the making.
Inside their ties to #Trump and each other for @forbes.com:
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π¨NEWπ¨ A recently-unsealed warrant shows how teens from a dozen countries used Discord to discuss plans for terror attacks across the world in the name of ISIS.
They were serious, buying and learning how to make deadly weapons.
Cops caught them in time.
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Trump has long badgered the Fed to lower interest rates, which it finally did last week. A review of the president's personal fortune shows he has billions of reasons for doing so. www.forbes.com/sites/danale...
23.09.2025 15:52 β π 7 π 6 π¬ 1 π 0bsky.app/profile/anth...
23.09.2025 14:56 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Nvidiaβs Jensen Huang just bet $500 million that a tiny data center startup can become a British rival to Coreweave. www.forbes.com/sites/iainma...
23.09.2025 10:48 β π 7 π 6 π¬ 0 π 1Nuclear power firm $OKLO is up 400% since March. Relationships with the energy sec & #OpenAI CEO Sam Altman have certainly helped.
(Altman bought shares in the SPAC that merged w/Oklo for $0.002 each in 2021. His stake is now ~$880 million.)
My latest @forbes.com:
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How AI hype minted two new billionaires from Oklo, a nuclear power startup with no revenue. Its relationships the Energy Secretary Chris Wright and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman have certainly helped, from my colleague @pheebini.bsky.social www.forbes.com/sites/phoebe...
23.09.2025 13:33 β π 8 π 1 π¬ 1 π 03/ The core of what's at risk here, and how CoreWeave's cofounders are thinking about it: www.forbes.com/sites/rashis...
22.09.2025 20:50 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 02/ A closer look at financials here: www.forbes.com/sites/rashis...
22.09.2025 20:50 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0New @forbes.com magazine cover storyβfrom @rashis.bsky.social and meβis our take on #CoreWeave, one of the biggest beneficiaries of the #AI boom. It's a fascinating firm built on bold bets, complex risk & no shortage of luck. Would love to hear what you think:
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A series of bold bets and calculated risks helped Michael Intrator turn @CoreWeave from a no-name crypto miner into a $50 billion company, serving compute to the likes of OpenAI and Microsoft. Elated to share my latest @forbes.com cover story with @pheebini.bsky.social www.forbes.com/sites/rashis...
22.09.2025 20:38 β π 6 π 6 π¬ 1 π 1This is a fabulously written, in-depth profile of Edwin Chen, the billionaire founder of Surge AI and one of the key people to watch in the AI revolution. Incredible reporting and a must-read story from @pheebini.bsky.social
17.09.2025 20:50 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0The AI Billionaire you've never heard of-partly because he's never given an interview before. @forbes.com reporter @pheebini.bsky.social has the goods on this influential but little-known entrepreneur, who previously worked at Google and Twitter.
17.09.2025 22:06 β π 5 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0Thanks for sharing!
18.09.2025 23:02 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Ted Chiangβs "Story of Your Life" has always stuck with meβit makes you think differently about language, perspective, and possibility. Turns out Iβm not the only one. That inspired Edwin Chen to found Surge in 2020. Check out why he's the most successful tech entrepreneur you've never heard of. #AI
17.09.2025 23:46 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 1 π 03/ βIf Surge didnβt exist, what would Edwin do for fun? Heβd probably make data and train AI," says Surge AI head of product Nick Heiner. "It just happens to be a lucrative thing."
Lucrative = there'll be competition. And no one minces words in this space:
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The existential question for outfits like Surge: As AI advances, will there come a time when there is no need for human data annotations? Models like Metaβs Llama 4, released in April, already relied heavily on AI creating and labeling its own data, so-called βsynthetic data,β per a Meta researcher. Surge uses a βhuman-in-the-loopβ variation to this approach, in which AI generates its own data and labels it but humans critique its performance. Chen feels strongly that humans are vital.
2/ Surge has grown quickly and is profitable, but in a rapidly changing and competitive industry, that doesn't mean it's a clear path ahead.
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1/ My latest for @forbes.com is a profile of a founder who holds outsized influence in the race to improve AI models and hates Silicon Valley culture.
Edwin Chen on aliens and Eminem but also bootstrapping Surge AI, why he'd never go public and the future of AI:
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