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Alexandr Wang Delivered Meta's First Superintelligence Model. A $145 Billion Build-Out Demands Returns

Alexandr Wang's first model at Meta is already spreading across its apps and glasses. Its commercial value must now catch up with a vast infrastructure budget and a high-priced talent reset.

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Andrew Ng Is Building AI Companies Faster Than Frontier Models. The Returns Must Catch Up

Andrew Ng has assembled an ecosystem that teaches AI, tests applications and co-founds companies in months. Its advantage is speed and distribution; its next test is producing businesses with defensible margins after models become cheaper and easier to use.

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Arvind Krishna Is Turning Open-Source Patching Into a Subscription. A $5 Billion Bet Must Earn Trust

Arvind Krishna is extending Red Hat's commercial open-source model beyond IBM's own products. Lightwell sells validated fixes for the software versions companies already run, creating a potentially large security business and a difficult test of neutrality, liability and subscription economics.