With their latest deals to fund the data center boom, AI firms are making history — in terms of dollar size, convention-busting structure, and astronomical risk.
Why it matters: The U.S. is betting its economic fortunes on the belief that OpenAI's Sam Altman, Nvidia's Jensen Huang and other AI leaders are wizardly innovators dreaming up novel financing vehicles to drive a golden future — rather than salesmen juggling billions and praying the music never stops.
