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In today’s issue, AI labs face a model release race, why Nvidia made a $12.9B bet on open-source AI, and Nscale seeks billions to expand its AI computing business.
These are today's updates.
AI's latest model release rush
Why Nvidia wants to buy Hugging Face for $12.9B
Nscale seeks $3.5B before its IPO
Tools, jobs, resources, and last issue’s winning prompt ⬇️
Leadership
Tim Ferris and Seth Godin discuss building a strategy when the stakes are high. From building resilient systems and choosing the right customers to using AI, avoiding false proxies, and making better decisions, this conversation is packed with ideas that can change how you lead, build, and grow.
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Top News
Last week, Anthropic shipped Claude Fable 5.1 and Mythos 5.1, Meta released Muse Spark 1.3, Google put out Gemini 3.8 Flash, and OpenAI followed with GPT-6 Astra. Sam Altman told CNBC "we're all moving to faster cadences," partly blaming the return from summer break. Notre Dame professor Ahmed Abbasi says labs are fighting for share of wallet, unwilling to sit out a quarter while rivals ship new benchmarks.
For the people deciding which model to adopt, it's turned into a grind. Runpod CEO Zhen Lu coined the term "model fatigue" to describe IT teams burning outsized time just comparing costs and capabilities before a decision can be made. The pileup comes weeks after safety incidents at OpenAI, Anthropic, and Meta were all traced to the same testing vendor, raising the question of whether release speed is outpacing safety review.
Nvidia says its $12.9 billion purchase of Hugging Face is about protecting the open-source ecosystem that drives demand for its chips. CEO Jensen Huang told CNBC that half of Nvidia's business is largely driven by open models, and a thriving open-source scene gives customers more alternatives to closed labs like OpenAI and Google. This keeps more of the market dependent on Nvidia hardware rather than a rival's custom chips.
There's a defensive layer too. Hugging Face is the platform of choice for over 18 million developers building and sharing open models, giving Nvidia direct visibility into which models, datasets, and architectures are gaining traction. Owning that vantage point gives Nvidia significant advantage as hyperscalers like Google and Amazon race to build their own chips to reduce reliance on Nvidia. The deal also marks a comeback for Nvidia in cloud infrastructure, an area it had reportedly scaled back about a year ago through its DGX Cloud business.
Nscale, a two-year-old British AI infrastructure company, is looking to raise $1.5 billion in convertible notes plus another $2 billion from Nvidia, ahead of a possible IPO as soon as this month. Nvidia already backed Nscale's $1.1 billion Series B in March, which the company called the largest Series B in European history.
The raise follows Nscale's $45 billion compute deal with Anthropic last month. Reports say Nscale has been telling investors it now has around $103 billion in contracted revenue, though that figure reflects signed future leases rather than current sales.
Signals
Tools
Resources
Poll
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Market
Funding
Wonderful raised $550M to expand its enterprise agentic AI platform
Fluidstack raised $1.5B to scale its AI infrastructure and GPU capacity
Roles in AI
Sr. Windows Sensor Engineer at CrowdStrike
Think Tank
The article challenges a common enterprise mistake of treating AI adoption as a committee responsibility rather than assigning one person clear accountability. Paul Gibbons explores what it takes to turn AI strategy into real organizational change.
Prompt of the Day
Business Process Mapping Assistant
When to use this?
Use this when you want to find where AI can actually improve a business process. It helps you see the current workflow, spot bottlenecks, and identify the best opportunities to automate or augment work.
You are my business process mapping assistant. Help me understand how work gets done today, identify where AI can improve it, and turn that analysis into practical next steps.
When I describe a business process, ask only the questions needed to understand:
The business outcome
The people and teams involved
The steps, systems, and handoffs
The biggest bottlenecks or sources of rework
The decisions that require human judgment
Then produce:
Current-state map: A clear, step-by-step view of the process, including owners, inputs, outputs, and handoffs.
Pain points: Where time, cost, delays, or errors are concentrated.
AI opportunities: Specific tasks AI could assist with, automate, or improve.
Future-state map: How the process could work with AI, including what remains human-owned.
Priorities: The top three opportunities, ranked by business value, feasibility, and risk.
Next steps: A practical plan for testing the highest-value opportunity.
Be concise and practical. Don't assume AI is the answer. Flag where process changes, better data, or clearer ownership may matter more. If information is missing, state your assumptions and ask focused follow-up questions.
Start by asking me which business process I want to map and what outcome I'm trying to improve.Get more such prompts in the Prompting Playbook (free for you)
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PS. If you missed yesterday’s issue, you can find it here.
