A handful of billionaires could be deciding the future of AI. But who is funding them, what do they want, and how much power do they really have?
We talk constantly about Sam Altman, Elon Musk and the race to build increasingly powerful AI. But behind the CEOs is another group of people with enormous influence: the investors funding the entire revolution.
In this special episode of AI Haven't a Clue, George Butler is joined by Jack Benjamin, journalist at The Media Leader, to investigate the money behind AI.
We uncover the connections between Peter Thiel, Elon Musk, the PayPal Mafia and some of Silicon Valley's biggest venture capital firms. We explore how the same investors keep appearing across OpenAI, Anthropic and SpaceX, and why their political connections matter.
Plus, we look at the reported $30 billion UAE investment talks involving OpenAI, why AI investment is helping prop up the US economy, and what happens when so much power is concentrated in so few hands.
If AI is going to change everyone's lives, shouldn't we know who's paying for it?
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