Ep28 OpenAI, NVIDIA, Meta, Google & Musk: The $700 Billion AI Power Grab

Welcoming back Thomas Odenwald to the AI Outcomes podcast! In this episode, we cover the breakneck pace of AI development across the globe—including billion-dollar deals, infrastructure arms races, and enterprise breakthroughs. From OpenAI’s $300B Oracle deal to NVIDIA’s 10-gigawatt AI datacenter push, we explore the money, the muscle, and the emerging power struggles. We discuss Meta’s latest smart glasses, Google’s Gemini 2.5 outperforming humans in coding, and what ChatGPT-5 means for the enterprise.We also dig into Europe’s position—with SAP focusing on AI inference, the EU AI Act backlash, and promising innovation in healthcare and public-good AI from Switzerland and the UK. And we finish on a shock: China has now overtaken the US in AI model downloads.00:00 Welcome Back & Introduction00:51 The Pace of AI Development01:25 US-UK Tech Prosperity Deal06:22 OpenAI-Oracle $300 Billion Deal09:46 NVIDIA's Massive Investments11:26 NVIDIA's $100 Billion OpenAI Partnership13:43 Meta's Smart Glasses Launch17:30 Where AI Gets Its Training Data23:04 ChatGPT-5 Release & Reception26:54 Elon Musk's Colossus 2 & Grok Updates28:08 Google Gemini 2.5 & AI Programming34:36 OpenAI Usage Data & Enterprise Challenges37:27 Deterministic AI: The Enterprise Breakthrough39:39 Europe's AI Strategy & EU AI Act42:02 SAP's Focus on AI Inference47:03 European AI Innovation in Healthcare50:05 China Overtakes US in AI Model Downloads52:17 Closing Thoughts & Wrap-UpConnect with Thomas Odenwald: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomasodenwald/#AIOutcomes #NVIDIA #OpenAI #MetaAI #GoogleGemini #ElonMusk #ChatGPT5 #AIInference #SAP #EUAIAct #TechProsperityDeal #ArtificialIntelligence #AIInnovation #LLMs #GrokAI #Gemini25 #AIEnterprise #ChinaAI #AIPodcast #BusinessAI #RedwoodCity #UKAI #AIArmsRace

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