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#01 2026.01.13

Microsoft's Maia 200: The 1400-Billion-Transistor Declaration of Independence from Nvidia

Microsoft's Maia 200 is a 3nm AI accelerator designed to break Nvidia's monopoly. With claims of beating Google's TPU and Amazon's Trainium, it's a strategic pivot in the cloud wars.

$Jensen Huang and Sam Altman in a fractured digital landscape$

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#02 2025.12.04

The $100 Billion Cold Shoulder: Why Nvidia is Rethinking the OpenAI Alliance

The 'deal of the century' between Nvidia and OpenAI has stalled. From Jensen Huang's concerns over operational discipline to the rise of Anthropic, we dissect why the AI hardware kingmaker is hesitating to crown a single software prince.