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26 Oct 2023

OpenAI valuation in perspective - chart by Chartr

Talk is meant to be cheap, but OpenAI, the force behind the viral hit ChatGPT, has turned it into an absolute goldmine, with the company currently in discussions to sell shares at a valuation of $86 billion. That's a remarkable three-fold increase from just 6 months ago, with the WSJ reporting an initial range of $80-90bn, before Bloomberg narrowed the figure to around $86bn, citing sources familiar with the matter. That would place OpenAI among the most valuable tech startups in the world, only behind giants like ByteDance (TikTok owner) and SpaceX. For context, it’s also roughly equivalent to the value of 12 of the biggest consumer brands in America combined — a theoretical corporate frankenstein including SNAP, The New York Times, Etsy, Domino’s and 8 others.

18 Oct 2023

Did President Biden pop the AI nvidia bubble?

A similar boom/bust head & shoulders already happened in the recent past... Source: Bloomberg, www.zerohedge.com

18 Oct 2023

Nvidia stock, $NVDA, is now down 7.5% as President Biden restricts AI chip sales to China

The stock has erased nearly $100 billion in value in just over 24 hours. Is it the the beginning of a new trade war with China? Source: The Kobeissi Letter

17 Oct 2023

Through FY24 to FY27, Nvidia $NVDA is projected to generate a total of $342B in revenue

That forecasted total is more than double Nvidia’s lifetime revenues of $160.3B through the end of FY23. Source: Beth Kindig

12 Oct 2023

Microsoft $MSFT is devoting more than 13% of CAPEX to artificial intelligence, the highest amount out of the world’s top cloud service providers

Baidu $BIDU follows with nearly 10%, while Google $GOOG and Meta $META are putting between 6-7% of CAPEX to AI. Source: FT

18 Sep 2023

McKinsey annual State of artificial intelligence survey is here, and the results confirm 2023 is all about generative AI:

by McKinsey & co

8 Sep 2023

This is an AI generated chart

Source: Murilo Pereira

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