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How can this pass antitrust régulation ?


There is no "antitrust regulation" in the US in 2025. (Until 2029)

States are "not allowed" to regulate AI companies.


There also weren't any antitrust regulations before, let's not kid ourselves.


There was an attempt under Lina Khan.


The regulations are still in place. They are not enforced, however.


Care to give more details?


I don't know specifically, but I think they're referring to the current USA administration's posture of approving anything, or pardoning anyone, in exchange for some cryptocurrency or similar big favour.



> Groq raised $750 million at a valuation of about $6.9 billion three months ago. Investors in the round included Blackrock and Neuberger Berman, as well as Samsung, Cisco, Altimeter and 1789 Capital, where Donald Trump Jr. is a partner.


They made Jimmy Carter sell his peanut farm…


That's the thing though -- no one made Jimmy Carter sell his farm[0].

But Jimmy Carter was an honorable human, and, well...there are fewer people fitting that description sitting behind the Resolute desk, today.

[0] He didn't sell it, he put it into a blind trust. He should have sold it. When he left office, the farm was $1MM in debt.


I doubt Nvidia will be regulated in their home jurisdiction. America tends to protect it's cash cows, for better or worse.




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