Ben Baldieri

Founder of The GPU and biz dev lead at Panchaea, working with Neoclouds and data centres on GPU strategy, AI infra, and partnerships.

Issue #86: CoreWeave Gets $2B, Microsoft Ships New Chip, & Anthropic Lands a Government and a Lawsuit

Plus: tier 2 neos raise millions, Korean chips ship, Gulf models compete, and Scotland goes green

MBZUAI

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Issue #85: Europe Stops Europing Itself, Voltage Park's Merger & Evolution, & SharonAI's $800M Injection

Plus OpenAI's new revenue model, photonic inference, Nadella's bubble talk, and another 430MW for Applied Digital

OpenAI

Issue #84: Apple Chooses Google, NVIDIA & AMD China Tariffs Take Effect, & AI-Driven Genetic Engineering

Feat. Google, Apple, NVIDIA, AMD, Washington, Polarise, Macquarie, Basecamp Research, OpenAI, Cerebras, Meta, Soluna, Metrobloks, Bitzero, and HydraHost

OpenAI

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Issue #83: Lisa & Jensen Show Off Their Racks, AMD x Italian Robots, & The Global AI Divide

Plus a new tool to improve AI infrastructure provider discovery. Built by The GPU.

OpenAI

Issue #82: I built the missing layer in AI infrastructure discovery

Stop guessing who does what, and start finding the partners you need

The GPU Directory

Issue #81: Masa & Zuckerberg Go Shopping, Applied Digital Spins Out New Neocloud, & Satya's Mind Bicycle Avoids AI Slop Debate

Feat. SoftBank, Digital Bridge, Applied Digital, ChronoScale, Meta, Manus, xAI, Lisuan, and Microsoft

Lisuan

Issue #80: NVIDIA's Christmas Groq Acquihire, xAI Seeks to Outcompute Everyone, & Fermi America's Legal Trouble

Feat. NVIDIA, Groq, xAI, Nscale, Whitefiber, Z.ai, DRAM, Google, Intersect Power, and Fermi America

z.ai

+10

Issue #79: Fluidstack's Next Multi-GW Deal, Core42 Heads to Dublin, & Google Targets NVIDIA's Moat with TorchTPU

Feat. Hut 8, Fluidstack, Anthropic, Carbon3.ai, Core42, NVIDIA, Mythic, Google, and Vantage

Weekly

Issue #78: H200s Return to China, Crusoe Goes Supersonic, & SpaceX Space Data Centres

Feat. NVIDIA, Washington, Beijing, Brookfield, QIA, Crusoe, Boom Supersonic, OpenAI, Intel, SambaNova, Amazon, Microsoft, and SpaceX

OpenAI

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Issue #77: OpenAI's 'Code Red', HSBC Signs with Mistral, Carbon3.ai's 'Private AI Lab', & Much More

Feat. OpenAI, HSBC, Mistral, Carbon3.ai, DeepSeek, Micron, AWS, Deutsche Telekom, and Schwarz Group

Mistral

Issue #76: Google Comes for the Crown on Two Fronts, Meta's TPUs, & OpenAI's $207b Hole

Feat. Washington, HSBC, OpenAI, Megaport, Latitude.sh, Anthropic, Meta, Google, and AWS

OpenAI

Issue #75: Brookfield Redefines Vertical Integration, Google Launches Gemini 3, & HUMAIN Signs 9 Deals

Feat. Brookfield, KIA, NVIDIA, HUMAIN, GlobalAI, Groq, Cisco, Luma AI, AMD, Vultr, Google, and GMI Cloud

KIA

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Issue #74: Rumble Acquires Northern Data, Yan LeCun Plans Meta Exit, & Fluidstack’s $50B Anthropic DC Deal

Feat. Rumble, Northern Data, AMD, MK1, Corvex, Firmus, Google, China, Meta, Anthropic, and Fluidstack

Firmus

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Issue #73: Redefining GPU Cluster Deployment with Gatti Services

Cutting time-to-use, reducing variance between sites, and making “tokens out” the default acceptance metric

Gatti Services

Issue #72: Nscale’s Lost Lawsuit, IREN & Lambda Land Microsoft, SpaceX & Google Follow Starcloud Into Orbit

Feat. Nscale, IREN, Lambda, Microsoft, Nebius, Ark Data Centres, Edison Scientific, AWS, OpenAI, Cipher Mining, Starcloud, Crusoe, SpaceX, and Google

OpenAI

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Issue #71: OpenAI's IPO Door Opens, KSA & UAE AI Competition Intensifies, & Protein Folding Goes Open Source

Feat. OpenAI, Microsoft, G42, NVIDIA, Huawei, Humain, Qualcomm, OpenFold3, SambaNova, Amazon, and China

OpenAI

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Issue #70: Anthropic's Million TPU Google Deal, Crusoe Heads to Orbit, Raises $1.375B & AI Browsers Galore

Feat. NVIDIA, OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Crusoe, Starcloud, Microsoft, Alibaba, Meta, Blue Owl, and Applied Digital

OpenAI

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Issue #69: OpenAI Opens Door to Porn, Oracle's Zettascale Supercomputer, & NVIDIA's 1MW Rack Future

Feat. OpenAI, Nscale, Microsoft, Nebius, Intel, Oracle, and NVIDIA

OpenAI

Issue #68: BoE Warns of Bubble, Oracles Thin Margins Spark Market Wobbles, & AMD Binds Fate to OpenAI

Feat. BoE, CoreWeave, MonolithAI, QumulusAI, Permian Labs, AMD, OpenAI, Oracle, and Applied Digital

OpenAI

Issue #67: Crusoe Brings the Stargate Online, CoreWeave Locks in $14B Meta Contract, & Microsoft Hints at Post-NVIDIA Future

Feat. Crusoe, OpenAI, Oracle, Nscale, CoreWeave, Meta, Anthropic, Cerebras, Microsoft, NVIDIA, and Innova

OpenAI

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Issue #66: Arrests at Northern Data, Nscale & Fluidstack Show the Market How to Scale, & "Stargate" China

Feat. Northern Data, Nscale, Nokia, Fluidstack, Cipher Mining, Alibaba, Humain, and China

Alibaba

Issue #65: Stargate UK x Nscale, NVIDIA Invests in Intel, & China Says "No" to More American GPUs

Feat. Nscale, NVIDIA, OpenAI, Microsoft, Carbon3.ai, Nebius, CoreWeave, Luminary Cloud, Intel, Huawei, Google, and BlackRock

OpenAI

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Issue #64: Building the Orchestration Backbone for Sovereign AI Clouds with Rafay

Simplify the complexity. Wrap it in workflows. And make it consumable.

Rafay

Issue #63: OpenAI, NVIDIA, & Nscale Bring Billions to the UK, Nebius x Microsoft, & Oracle's $300B Contract

Feat. OpenAI, NVIDIA, Nscale, Oracle, Nebius, Microsoft, MBZUAI, G42, Alibaba, and Vantage Data Centers

OpenAI

Issue #62: From Idle Capacity to GPU-First Infrastructure with CUDO Compute

Same silicon. Different outcomes.

CUDO Compute

Ben Baldieri

Issue #86: CoreWeave Gets $2B, Microsoft Ships New Chip, & Anthropic Lands a Government and a Lawsuit

Issue #85: Europe Stops Europing Itself, Voltage Park's Merger & Evolution, & SharonAI's $800M Injection

Issue #84: Apple Chooses Google, NVIDIA & AMD China Tariffs Take Effect, & AI-Driven Genetic Engineering

Issue #83: Lisa & Jensen Show Off Their Racks, AMD x Italian Robots, & The Global AI Divide

Issue #82: I built the missing layer in AI infrastructure discovery

Issue #81: Masa & Zuckerberg Go Shopping, Applied Digital Spins Out New Neocloud, & Satya's Mind Bicycle Avoids AI Slop Debate

Issue #80: NVIDIA's Christmas Groq Acquihire, xAI Seeks to Outcompute Everyone, & Fermi America's Legal Trouble

Issue #79: Fluidstack's Next Multi-GW Deal, Core42 Heads to Dublin, & Google Targets NVIDIA's Moat with TorchTPU

Issue #78: H200s Return to China, Crusoe Goes Supersonic, & SpaceX Space Data Centres

Issue #77: OpenAI's 'Code Red', HSBC Signs with Mistral, Carbon3.ai's 'Private AI Lab', & Much More

Issue #76: Google Comes for the Crown on Two Fronts, Meta's TPUs, & OpenAI's $207b Hole

Issue #75: Brookfield Redefines Vertical Integration, Google Launches Gemini 3, & HUMAIN Signs 9 Deals

Issue #74: Rumble Acquires Northern Data, Yan LeCun Plans Meta Exit, & Fluidstack’s $50B Anthropic DC Deal

Issue #73: Redefining GPU Cluster Deployment with Gatti Services

Issue #72: Nscale’s Lost Lawsuit, IREN & Lambda Land Microsoft, SpaceX & Google Follow Starcloud Into Orbit

Issue #71: OpenAI's IPO Door Opens, KSA & UAE AI Competition Intensifies, & Protein Folding Goes Open Source

Issue #70: Anthropic's Million TPU Google Deal, Crusoe Heads to Orbit, Raises $1.375B & AI Browsers Galore

Issue #69: OpenAI Opens Door to Porn, Oracle's Zettascale Supercomputer, & NVIDIA's 1MW Rack Future

Issue #68: BoE Warns of Bubble, Oracles Thin Margins Spark Market Wobbles, & AMD Binds Fate to OpenAI

Issue #67: Crusoe Brings the Stargate Online, CoreWeave Locks in $14B Meta Contract, & Microsoft Hints at Post-NVIDIA Future

Issue #66: Arrests at Northern Data, Nscale & Fluidstack Show the Market How to Scale, & "Stargate" China

Issue #65: Stargate UK x Nscale, NVIDIA Invests in Intel, & China Says "No" to More American GPUs

Issue #64: Building the Orchestration Backbone for Sovereign AI Clouds with Rafay

Issue #63: OpenAI, NVIDIA, & Nscale Bring Billions to the UK, Nebius x Microsoft, & Oracle's $300B Contract

Issue #62: From Idle Capacity to GPU-First Infrastructure with CUDO Compute

NO FLUFF. NO NOISE. JUST SIGNAL.