American billionaire businessman; co-founder, chair and CEO of BlackRock.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has joined President Trumps delegation to China and has been pictured in Beijing; the trip has been focusing on trade, AI export controls and Iran. China has not approved any purchases of Nvidias H200 chips and is continuing to push domestic chip development while U.S. export controls remain in place.
Meta has launched America’s Workforce Academy, a free training program across Louisiana, Ohio, Indiana and Texas aimed at fast-tracking careers in skilled trades. The initiative offers paid apprenticeships, training costs and job guarantees for graduates as data-center buildouts accelerate for AI infrastructure.
Nvidia has enlisted six Wall Street firms to finance a $500 billion buildout of AI infrastructure, treating compute as a new asset class. The plan centers on financing data centers and GPU clusters for customers unable to pay upfront, with OpenAI-related projects and neoclouds in focus. Executives cite long-term value and revenue generation, while cautions focus on depreciation risk and China’s potential price competition.