When Chris Malachowsky, a billionaire founder of chip giant Nvidia Corp., bankrolled one of the world’s biggest supercomputers at the University of Florida, Ron DeSantis predicted the machine would be a magnet for artificial intelligence talent. Almost four years later, the Florida governor’s anti-China crusade is preventing some highly skilled AI researchers from ever setting …
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is betting on Perplexity, an AI search startup challenging Google. MARK RALSTON/AFP via Getty Images A resurfaced video making the rounds on X shows a pre-famous Jeff Bezos explaining in 1997 why he founded Amazon—namely, a “startling statistic” he came across that web usage was growing at 2,300% a year. Riding …
Billionaire investor Chamath Palihapitiya. David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images Artificial intelligence has been inescapable this year. After OpenAI released ChatGPT 13 months ago, attention turned to how such tools will disrupt careers and industries—and eager venture capitalists poured billions into AI startups that might do the disrupting. But VCs themselves might get disrupted, according …