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Richard Nieva, Forbes Staff

OpenAI asked the chip industry to build faster. Then it built its own chip team.

Richard Ho, who helped create Google’s first TPU chip, also built OpenAI’s semiconductor unit from scratch. Now he’s grappling with deploying the first chips, doomerism and “competing among friends” with Nvidia.

  • By Richard Nieva

Evan Spiegel’s ill-fated $3 billion plan to put Snapchat on your face

The former tech wunderkind has poured billions into his quest to make technologically superior AR glasses and best nemesis Zuckerberg’s Meta.

  • By Richard Nieva

Meet the ex-OpenAI guys building a cheaper open source alternative

Just 15 months after it founding, Applied Compute is raising $350 million at a $3.25 billion valuation, nearly double its worth from four months ago.

  • By Richard Nieva

Next billion-dollar startups 2026

Artificial intelligence once again dominates Forbes list of venture-backed startups we think are likely to become unicorns.

  • By Richard Nieva

Asides

Fortunes of Anthropic’s seven cofounders more than double to $16.6 billion each

After a massive fundraise that values the AI company at nearly a trillion dollars, Dario and Daniela Amodei, along with their five cofounders, have seen their net worths soar.

  • By Richard Nieva

Inside Scale AI’s business after Meta’s bombshell $14 billion deal

How Scale AI Is Adapting Post Meta Deal And Founder’s Departure

  • By Richard Nieva

Meet the $9 billion AI company reimagining vibe coding

Amjad Masad’s Replit allows users to work together like they’re doodling on a white board. It also made him a billionaire along the way.

  • By Richard Nieva

The Anthropic cofounders standing up to Trump

Many billionaires have kowtowed to the President lately. That’s what makes Dario Amodei’s refusal to cave so stunning — and may be behind Claude’s surge at the App Store.

  • By Richard Nieva

Google’s data centre buildout could top US$1 trillion

In an exclusive interview, Google’s new AI infrastructure chief says the tech giant has a “significant investment” planned. At current levels, Forbes projects it could be a very big number indeed.

  • By Richard Nieva

Sam Altman on Elon Musk, Donald Trump, robotics, fatherhood and more

Across two wide-ranging interviews with Forbes, Altman covered more ground than could fit in our profile. Here are his remarks on everything from vaccine research to critics who argue he backs companies to solve problems he helped create.

  • By Richard Nieva
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