Elon Musk’s money cannot buy Openai

In January, American consumers did not feel so inclined to open their wallets, which caused the retail sales of the month to fall more than expected, which could weigh on the gross domestic product given the great dependence on the US economy in the consumer expense.

On the contrary, in the corporate world, the ropes of the bag seem more loose. A deal between Intel, Broadcom and TSMC According to reports, it is in preliminary stages of conversations, and could see the historic American chip manufacturer divide his business into two.

The money also flowed from Elon Musk. The “special government employee” presented an offer of $ 97 billion for OpenAi on February 10. However, it was rejected by the artificial intelligence startup on Friday. The president of Operai, Bret Taylor, said in a statement that the company “is not on sale,” demonstrating that there are some things that even money cannot buy.

Openai rejects musk
Operai has rejected Elon Musk’s proposal To buy the non -profit father of the artificial intelligence startup for $ 97.4 billion. Openai’s lawyer, William Savitt, wrote on Friday the lawyer of Musk, Marc Uberoff, that the Board concluded that the very publicized “offer” of the billionaire is not an offer at all. “The” proposal, even as it was presented for the first time, it is not the best for Oai’s mission and is rejected, “Savitt’s letter said.

TSMC and Broadcom are interested in Intel
The Taiwan and Broadcom semiconductor manufacturing company are reviewing Intel offers that would divide the chips manufacturer by twohe Wall Street Journal He reported on Saturday, citing familiar sources with the matter. Broadcom is interested in Intel Chip Design and Marketing business, while TSMC is looking at the American firm chips plants, according to the Journal. None of the companies are working with each other and the conversations are still in the early stages.

Mixed markets throughout the Pacific
The main reference points of the USA. They were mixed on Friday. He S&P 500 It changed little and the Dow Jones Industrial AverageE fell 0.37%. However, the Nasdaq compound increased 0.41%. All indices ended the highest week. From Japan Nikkei 225 It was flat in launching gross internal products. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index around 0.3% fell despite the actions of Tencent Advancing approximately 2.6%, reaching its highest level since July 2021 during the negotiation day.

Japan’s economy eliminates growth in 2024
Japan’s economy expanded by 0.7% quarter of quarter in the three months that end in December, according to preliminary government data. That is higher than the increase of 0.3% expected in a Reuters survey and exceeded 0.4% growth in the third quarter. Exports raised economic growth, while domestic demand contracted slightly. The GDP of the whole year decreased to 0.1%, falling from the expansion of 1.5% in 2023.

XI speaks in the Entrepreneur symposium
Chinese president Xi Jinping delivered a speech On Monday in a symposium attended Xinhua state media. Analysts say that the appearance of XI in the Symposium indicates a stronger state support for private sector entrepreneurs and could mark a turning point for the China technological sector.

(Pro) funds fleeing Chinese actions
Last September, China introduced stimulus measures designed to boost the country’s economy, which caused CSI 300 to recover. A second round of initiatives, this time aimed at the stock market, was unleashed in January. So why Allocation of funds to China and the shares that are quoted in Hong Kong Fall annually in the last five years?

How the deep SEEK of China could boost the data centers market already booming

For years, analysts have predicted exponential growth in data centers: the critical infrastructure required to boost the digital transition of the world and the training of large language models. Data centers often take at least two years to build and orders have already been factor in 2025, which means that it is unlikely that the launch of the R1 profitable and disruptive model of Deepseek has some immediate impact.

That said, it is unlikely that Deepseek “substantially reduces the demand for inference power,” said Andre Kukhnin, Capital Research Analyst of UBS, to CNBC, which refers to the process of executing data through an AI model for Make a prediction or solve a task. Ryan Cox, head of AI, at the Synechron consultation firm, also hopes that Deepseek’s most efficient technology will ultimately be a greater demand for data centers.