"Altman "lights up" when he discusses space, and is prepared to spend billions to stake an off-planet claim, sources tell us. A Silicon Valley investor told us that space is such an essential frontier in the AI race that OpenAI has to "do something relatively quickly. Otherwise, they run a real risk of being left behind. Sam's not going to allow that to happen. ... He's thinking very long-term.""
"Here's how it works: Musk plans to use SpaceX's Starship - the most powerful launch vehicle ever built - to create a huge satellite constellation, much like today's Starlink constellation, as the data centers of the future. Today's rockets can't lift the heavy cooling systems that AI chips require. Starship can. It will carry massive next-generation Starlink satellites that function less like internet routers and more like supercomputers in the sky."
Sam Altman agrees with Musk on the underlying physics but is unlikely to partner with him while they are engaged in court battles. Altman has explored acquiring Stoke Space to build an orbital fleet and is prepared to spend billions to establish off-planet infrastructure. Investors view space as essential to AI competitiveness and urge rapid action to avoid being left behind. Google owns about 7% of SpaceX, a stake worth roughly $100 billion at rumored valuations. Musk plans to use Starship to launch a satellite constellation functioning as orbital data centers with heavy cooling capacity. High-orbit satellites can harvest constant solar power and use laser links for faster inter-satellite data transfer than undersea fiber.
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