Alex Rampell (a16z) and Varun Krishna (Rocket CEO) discuss the housing affordability crisis, driven by asset inflation and supply constraints. They explore how Rocket Mortgage is evolving into a homeownership company by vertically integrating the entire housing funnel through strategic acquisitions like Redfin, aiming to turn a once-in-a-lifetime transaction into an everyday relationship.
OpenAI's Sam Altman and Greg Brockman, alongside Broadcom’s Hock Tan and Charlie Kawwas, announce a strategic partnership to co-design custom AI chips and vertically integrated systems. This collaboration aims to build the next generation of AI infrastructure, starting with a 10-gigawatt deployment, to meet the world's soaring demand for intelligence.
The Western mining industry is broken, hampered by a talent drain, slow technology adoption, and misaligned incentives. A new, vertically integrated, software-first approach leveraging Reinforcement Learning (RL) and LLMs can build and operate mines and refineries faster, cheaper, and more flexibly, addressing critical geopolitical supply chain risks.