Zain Abigail

OpenAI has reportedly discussed handing the US government around 5 per cent of the company, a stake worth roughly $40 billion, in an attempt to clear political obstacles in Washington. The proposal may make sense for OpenAI, but it sets a precedent that could quietly reshape how the biggest AI firms are regulated.

Nvidia is financing the neoclouds that buy its GPUs, renting back idle capacity and taking a share of their cloud revenue, gradually turning itself into something more than a hardware company.