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Nat Friedman and Daniel Gross built a 4,000-chip supercomputer. Andreessen Horowitz is in talks to secure tens of thousands of GPUs for an offering of its own, a source said.
Term Sheet readers say what to expect this year for artificial intelligence.
Earlier this week, the New York Times shone a light on some of the desperation that founders are experiencing as they try and fail to secure compute power for their nascent artificial intelligence startups, thanks to the big companies (and even rich nations) racing to snatch them up. According to that Times piece, founders are trying numerous measures to amass the chips, including calling in favors from friends at large equipment vendors that might have GPUs to spare, and navigating an obscure U.S. government program called Access. At least one firm, the global investor Index Ventures, happe...
Unlike past tech booms that have touched San Francisco, the generative AI craze brings fewer jobs, because AI firms excel at staying lean and automating work.
Unlike past tech booms that have touched San Francisco, the generative AI craze brings fewer jobs, because AI firms excel at staying lean and automating work.