The OpenAI empire

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2025-05-29

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Technology journalist Karen Hao, who has been reporting on OpenAI since 2019, compares the company’s unprecedented growth to a new form of empire. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
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  • Today,

  • the limitless ambition of one of Silicon Valley's AI giants and the power we have to shape it.

  • Already the 47th president has been at work signing a lot of executive orders.

  • It's my honour to welcome three of the world's leading technology CEOs.

  • January 21st this year, the first full day of Donald Trump's second term.

  • A long time ago, but a moment I still remember.

  • Trump in the Oval Office, standing with the CEO of OpenAI, Sam Altman.

  • By far the leading expert based on everything I read,

  • Sam Altman, so that's great that you're coming.

  • Announcing a record private investment in AI infrastructure.

  • How much?

  • Literally astronomical sums.

  • Announcing the formation of Stargate.

  • So put that name down in your books.

  • A new American company that will invest $500 billion at least.

  • The announcement of this kind of money made clear OpenAI is no normal company.

  • That's $500 billion over four years.

  • The Apollo project, which sent the first man to the moon,

  • was around $300 billion in today's dollars over 13 years.

  • Karen Howe, a tech journalist and the author of a new book on OpenAI,