Open AI may not have access to tons of data of its own like a handful of its competitors, but it has access to incredible deep pockets, that's clear. That's not to say that the same competitors don't have (access to) deep pockets as well.
I really didn't want to write about Trump again, but in the second day of his term, he introduced this mega AI project called Stargate (so unimaginative with the name!), where Open AI and Oracle are the major partners on the tech side, and Softbank is the major funder, providing $100bn right away, and the rest over a period of 4 years.
Trump didn't forget to mention this would create over 100k work places in America, and the 3 special guests at the press conference made sure to say it wouldn't have happened without Trump as a president.
They are building mega-compute centers in America, already starting in Texas. What they are aiming to use Stargate for is in the healthcare industry, in diagnostics, treatment and research, as Larry Ellison from Oracle gave a few pointers in his brief intervention during the conference.
Trump mentioned the competition with China (and with others) in the AI field, and that it's a hot industry. The urgency with which this project was presented shows that, if it was needed another proof.
It's interesting that Trump doesn't make things easy for Elon Musk at all with his first decisions. He did mention the space race and wanting to plant the American flag on Mars in his inaugural speech (for which Elon Musk really showed how happy he was), but "drill baby drill" isn't helpful for Tesla at all (plus he slashed funding from the government related to EVs), and now Open AI gets another boost while Grok and the others still play catchup.
I wonder if Musk would trade everything away for his space dream. It's been said about him that all his businesses are a way for him to fund that.
Regarding geopolitics, I wonder if the bureaucrats in Brussels and nations-wide understand what kind of game it's played right now in the world, or they just want to hold on to their cushy chairs for as long as they can... It wouldn't surprise me if it's the latter.
As an European, things look rather gloomy, when you take a step back and see what's going on everywhere, including in your own (front and) back yard.