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DeepSeek, China AI & the NVIDIA Megacluster Race
Dylan Patel and Nathan Lambert join Lex to unpack DeepSeek's rise, the global race to build AI megaclusters, NVIDIA's stranglehold on AI compute, and what China's AI push means for the balance of power in the industry.
A dense, technical conversation with semiconductor analyst Dylan Patel and AI researcher Nathan Lambert about the infrastructure layer of the AI race. Covers how DeepSeek achieved competitive performance at a fraction of the compute cost, the geopolitical implications of chip export controls, how Stargate and rival megacluster projects are shaping the frontier model landscape, and what a world with multiple competitive AI superpowers actually looks like.
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