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19 posts
2026-03-01
The underlying story of OpenAI's jaw-dropping $110 billion raise is really about Amazon, and how as a “cloud leader” it slipped when it came to AI, and recognizing the opportunity early compared to Azure.  Now it's costing the company billions. om.co/2026/02/27/a...
2026-03-01 View on X
On my Om

Amazon is paying ~16x Microsoft's price per OpenAI percentage point, while getting none of Microsoft's exclusives, showing the cost of being late in AI

My word, the torrent of news keeps coming.  You have hardly had time to digest the news of the $30 billion raise by Anthropic …

The underlying story of OpenAI's jaw-dropping $110 billion raise is really about Amazon, and how as a “cloud leader” it slipped when it came to AI, and recognizing the opportunity early compared to Azure.  Now it's costing the company billions. om.co/2026/02/27/a...
2026-03-01 View on X
About Amazon

Amazon will invest $15B in OpenAI initially, followed by $35B if certain conditions are met; OpenAI commits to consuming ~2 GW of Trainium capacity through AWS

eventuallyMakenzie Holland /CIO Dive:AWS gains enterprise edge with OpenAI partnershipReuters:OpenAI's $110 billion funding round draws investment from Amazon, Nvidia, SoftBankLuke...

2026-02-28
The underlying story of OpenAI's jaw-dropping $110 billion raise is really about Amazon, and how as a “cloud leader” it slipped when it came to AI, and recognizing the opportunity early compared to Azure.  Now it's costing the company billions. om.co/2026/02/27/a...
2026-02-28 View on X
Axios

As part of the Amazon-OpenAI deal, the companies plan a “stateful runtime environment” for AWS, letting agents carry context forward to handle ongoing projects

Ina Fried /Axios:

The underlying story of OpenAI's jaw-dropping $110 billion raise is really about Amazon, and how as a “cloud leader” it slipped when it came to AI, and recognizing the opportunity early compared to Azure.  Now it's costing the company billions. om.co/2026/02/27/a...
2026-02-28 View on X
About Amazon

Amazon will invest $15B in OpenAI initially, followed by $35B if certain conditions are met; OpenAI commits to consuming ~2 GW of Trainium capacity through AWS

• OpenAI models coming to Amazon Bedrock via a new Stateful Runtime Environment …Tadahiro Kaburaki:So excited about the Amazon-OpenAI announcement after all the work.  Love the gre...

The underlying story of OpenAI's jaw-dropping $110 billion raise is really about Amazon, and how as a “cloud leader” it slipped when it came to AI, and recognizing the opportunity early compared to Azure.  Now it's costing the company billions. om.co/2026/02/27/a...
2026-02-28 View on X
On my Om

Amazon is paying ~16x Microsoft's price per OpenAI percentage point, while getting none of Microsoft's exclusives, showing the cost of being late in AI

My word, the torrent of news keeps coming.  You have hardly had time to digest the news of the $30 billion raise by Anthropic …

2026-02-27
The underlying story of OpenAI's jaw-dropping $110 billion raise is really about Amazon, and how as a “cloud leader” it slipped when it came to AI, and recognizing the opportunity early compared to Azure.  Now it's costing the company billions. om.co/2026/02/27/a...
2026-02-27 View on X
CNBC

OpenAI raised $110B at a $730B pre-money valuation, up from $500B in a secondary financing in Oct.; Amazon invested $50B, Nvidia and SoftBank invested $30B each

OpenAI has closed a $110 billion funding round, a financing that's more than double the size of its last raise a year ago, which was a record for a private tech company.

The underlying story of OpenAI's jaw-dropping $110 billion raise is really about Amazon, and how as a “cloud leader” it slipped when it came to AI, and recognizing the opportunity early compared to Azure.  Now it's costing the company billions. om.co/2026/02/27/a...
2026-02-27 View on X
About Amazon

Amazon will invest $15B in OpenAI initially, followed by $35B if certain conditions are met; OpenAI commits to consuming ~2 GW of Trainium capacity through AWS

Amazon Web Services (AWS) and OpenAI will co-create a Stateful Runtime Environment powered by OpenAI models …

2026-02-03
Trillion doesn't mean what it used to mean.  [embedded post]
2026-02-03 View on X
Wall Street Journal

Walmart hits a $1T market cap in intraday trading after a stock surge fueled in part by enthusiasm for its e-commerce growth and automation and AI investments

Retailer joins a select group of mostly tech companies with a 13-figure valuation  —  Retail behemoth Walmart hit a market capitalization …

2025-08-17
Am I the only one who finds this report pretty much worthless.  What is the actual number of glasses shipped by Meta?  That is the real number.  Not some bullshit “percentage growth.”  [embedded post]
2025-08-17 View on X
Counterpoint Research

Global smart glasses shipments grew 110% YoY in H1; Meta's share of the market rose to 73%; AI smart glasses accounted for 78% of shipments, up from 46% YoY

www.theverge.com/news/613292/ ... @davidinsf : 73% of a small number is an even smaller number.

2025-08-01
Zuck's new “Super intelligence” memo is talk of the Internet.  I try to decode what he is saying & why he is saying it.  Either way, the memo is very much on point for Zuck and in keeping with every single time his company has faced an existential crisis.  —  om.co/2025/07/30/d...
2025-08-01 View on X
New York Times

A look at Big Tech's AI talent wars with massive compensation packages; sources: Meta told potential hires they would be allotted 30K GPUs for their AI research

Talked about my Windsurf scoop & Meta feature, plus tales from AI industry folks watching it all unfold on the inside. www.theverge.com/decoder-podc... @om.co : Zuck's new “Super i...

2025-07-31
Zuck's new “Super intelligence” memo is talk of the Internet.  I try to decode what he is saying & why he is saying it.  Either way, the memo is very much on point for Zuck and in keeping with every single time his company has faced an existential crisis.  —  om.co/2025/07/30/d...
2025-07-31 View on X
PCMag

Mark Zuckerberg says “We'll need to be rigorous about mitigating” the new risks raised by superintelligence and “careful about what we choose to open source”

Meta's CEO says developing superintelligent AI is ‘now in sight.’ But it won't be open source like Llama …

2025-07-27
I know it has been a while.  I have not been writing as much.  And staying off the locals, enjoying books and analog life.  However, this “memo” from @microsoft.com CEO prompted me to cut through the corporate speak.  I read between the lines and this is my analysis! om.co/2025/07/26/t...
2025-07-27 View on X
On my Om

Satya Nadella's memo on Microsoft's layoffs portends the harsh reality that AI could make software companies more profitable while employing fewer people

To paraphrase Sigmund Freud, sometimes a memo is not just a memo.  That's why we have to read between the lines of Satya Nadella's 1,150-word memo.

2025-03-02
So Microsoft is going to shut down Skype in May 2025.  I am not surprised even a tiny bit.  Skype has been dying a slow death for so long, as I explain in this blog post.  Whatever it was Skype was story of my life.  (pun intended.)  —  om.co/2025/02/28/s...
2025-03-02 View on X
On my Om

Skype was an early harbinger of technology as culture, and its demise is a good lesson in how ineffective middle management can destroy good acquisitions

Microsoft is shutting down Skype.  It will go offline in May 2025. … It makes me incredibly sad, but I am not surprised.

2024-12-29
That explains a lot.  I am writing a mile of data center alley in San Francisco.  I bet everyone is feeling “higher” bills in SF.
2024-12-29 View on X
Bloomberg

Analysis: 50%+ of the US households showing highly-distorted power readings from February to October were within 20 miles of significant data center activity

AI data centers are multiplying across the US and sucking up huge amounts of power.  New evidence shows they may also be distorting …

If you use Gemini and its dashboard (for lack of a better word) and compare it with the relative ease of use of ChatGPT and Claude, you can see the challenge right there.  It is a messy, big company that doesn't have a way to share a simple, easy message about the future, and how it can win it. …
2024-12-29 View on X
CNBC

A look at Google's pressure-filled 2024 under Sundar Pichai, notching some AI wins with new Gemini models and navigating product mishaps, layoffs, and more

Google's blowout earnings report in April, which sparked the biggest rally in Alphabet shares since 2015 and pushed …

2024-12-28
That explains a lot.  I am writing a mile of data center alley in San Francisco.  I bet everyone is feeling “higher” bills in SF.
2024-12-28 View on X
Bloomberg

Analysis: 50%+ of the US households showing highly-distorted power readings from February to October were within 20 miles of significant data center activity

AI data centers are multiplying across the US and sucking up huge amounts of power.  New evidence shows they may also be distorting …

If you use Gemini and its dashboard (for lack of a better word) and compare it with the relative ease of use of ChatGPT and Claude, you can see the challenge right there.  It is a messy, big company that doesn't have a way to share a simple, easy message about the future, and how it can win it. …
2024-12-28 View on X
CNBC

A look at Google's pressure-filled 2024 under Sundar Pichai, notching some AI wins with new Gemini models and navigating product mishaps, layoffs, and more

Google's blowout earnings report in April, which sparked the biggest rally in Alphabet shares since 2015 and pushed …

2024-12-18
This was laid out in b&w in the SVB report four months ago.  Sad, that it has taken TC this long to actually talk about the “tale of two valleys”  —  om.co/2024/08/13/a...
2024-12-18 View on X
TechCrunch

As the AI industry booms, non-AI startups that raised a Series A 18 months ago are likely facing challenges in raising a Series B, even with good revenue growth

om.co/2024/08/13/a...

2024-12-13
Everything old is new again.  Here come the Suggested User List albeit as “packaged thought leaders” in atypical Meta soulless fashion.  At least starter packs took inspiration from “blog rolls.”  [embedded post]
2024-12-13 View on X
The Verge

Threads is testing collections of profiles to follow, curated by a “handful of Threads community leaders”, built around topics like fashion, food, and books

It's unclear if one day, Threads will allow any account to create starter packs  —  1/2  —  www.threads.net/@mosseri/pos... … Ed Zitron / @edzitron.com : Hahahahahaha wait, you can...