OpenAI's deals are looking a little frothy
The Indicator from Planet Money · NPR
October 16, 20259m 30s
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Show Notes
There have been many headline-grabbing AI deals recently: Nvidia investing up to $100 billion in OpenAI. OpenAI promising to buy $300 billion worth of computing power from Oracle. Oracle buying tons of chips from Nvidia.
But … where’s the money coming from? Is all this AI overhype … a bubble?
On today's show, how money flows in the AI hyperscaling flood.
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But … where’s the money coming from? Is all this AI overhype … a bubble?
On today's show, how money flows in the AI hyperscaling flood.
Related episodes:
Is AI overrated?
Is AI underrated?
The messy human drama behind OpenAI
For sponsor-free episodes of The Indicator from Planet Money, subscribe to Planet Money+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org. Fact-checking by Sierra Juarez. Music by Drop Electric. Find us: TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Newsletter.
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