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A Chinese Chipmaker Raised $911M

Chamath Palihapitiya · 6 Sept 2026

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  1. Our reading

    Nvidia's purchase of Hugging Face will go down as one of the most important transactions in AI, because it gives America a well-capitalized bulwark against a closed-source oligopoly.

    Their wordsI truly believe that this Hugging Face acquisition will go down as one of the most important transactions in AI because you now have the largest competitor and the most well-capitalized company as a bulwark against the closed-source oligopoly in America.

  2. Our reading

    Major tech companies are each expanding up and down the AI stack, so everybody is becoming everything.

    Their wordsEverybody is becoming everything, as major companies expand up and down the stack.

  3. Our reading

    A vibrant competitive landscape means a thriving ecosystem for end users.

    Their wordsA vibrant competitive landscape means a thriving ecosystem for end users.

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