Limitless: An AI Podcast

AI Arms Race: Can Elon’s 550,000 GPU Monster Beat OpenAI’s Stargate?

01 Aug 2025

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In this episode: AI Scaling Wars, we dive into the fierce competition among AI giants like XAI, OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google to build massive data centers for achieving superintelligence, with XAI leading the pack by constructing their Colossus 2 supercluster, boasting over 550,000 GPUs in record time.Elon Musk's team at XAI has revolutionized the process, slashing a typical four-year build to just 19 days for Colossus 1, leveraging innovative hacks like integrating Tesla Megapacks for stable power, all while aiming for 50 million H100-equivalent GPUs that could consume 2% of global electricity.We contrast this with OpenAI's ambitious Stargate project, facing funding drama amid a $500 billion investment plan, and discuss how these efforts prioritize training over inference to accelerate AI progress. Ultimately, this arms race promises breakthroughs in science and job creation in America, but raises questions about energy demands, national security, and who will claim the prize of godlike AI.------🌌 LIMITLESS HQ: LISTEN & FOLLOW HERE ⬇️https://limitless.bankless.com/https://x.com/LimitlessFT------TIMESTAMPS00:00 Intro To Scaling Wars05:42 This Scale is Insane10:17 New Chip Architecture15:00 Competing Strategies20:13 What's Everyone Else Doing?26:44 Bringing Chips To The USA------RESOURCESJosh: https://x.com/Josh_KaleEjaaz:https://x.com/cryptopunk7213------Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here:https://www.bankless.com/disclosures⁠

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AI Arms Race: Can Elon’s 550,000 GPU Monster Beat OpenAI’s Stargate?

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13:00H | 21 DIC 2025 | Fin de Semana

10:00H | 21 DIC 2025 | Fin de Semana

12:00H | 20 DIC 2025 | Fin de Semana

2ª PARTE | 06 ENE 2026 | EL PARTIDAZO DE COPE

3ª PARTE | 22 ENE 2026 | EL PARTIDAZO DE COPE

3ª PARTE | 04 MAR 2026 | EL PARTIDAZO DE COPE

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