Bloomberg Tech OpenAI Nears Deal for $100B in Funding
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Feb 19, 2026 Alex Levine, Bloomberg social media reporter tracking ByteDance/TikTok and U.S. AI hiring, explains where and what kinds of AI roles are popping up. He discusses ByteDance’s nearly 100 US AI openings and the geography of new AI teams. Short takes cover hardware and data center needs, strategic investors, and how compute constraints shape AI expansion.
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OpenAI Expands In India With Tata
- OpenAI is partnering with Tata and TCS to build large data centers and accelerate enterprise adoption in India.
- Sam Altman and other AI leaders suggested early AGI-like systems may be only a few years away.
Awkward Summit Photo Moment
- At the India AI Summit, Sam Altman and Anthropic's Dario Amodei awkwardly refused to clasp hands during a photo op.
- The moment underscored rivalry amid public unity among AI leaders.
Position For The AI Infrastructure Boom
- Invest in data-center and electrification infrastructure companies to capture AI build-out demand.
- Focus on firms supplying storage, cabling, liquid cooling and local power generation for data centers.