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CNBC Daily Open: Big Tech wants to tap Wall Street's big wallets
After three years of Big Tech splashing out on AI investments, Nvidia is looking to shake up the industry by tapping into Wall Street cash.
TL;DR
- Nvidia is collaborating with six U.S. asset managers to fund AI infrastructure, aiming to raise $500 billion.
- AI infrastructure is being treated as a new asset class.
- Nvidia released its first open-source AI model, Nemotron 3.5 Lightning, designed to run on a single GPU.
- Potential risks to Nvidia's financing model include China's increasing domestic compute capacity potentially leading to price wars.
- Geopolitical developments regarding Iran and the Strait of Hormuz are causing volatility in oil markets.
- Meta is required to unwind its acquisition of AI startup Manus following scrutiny from Chinese regulators.