OpenAI signed a set of Abu Dhabi deployment deals this week, with Adnoc, Mubadala and Inception42, while raising a round that came in smaller than it wanted. Anthropic has gone to Japanese investors ahead of its listing. Jake Conley's point is that neither has exhausted what it can raise at home. Adam Johnson explains why the Gulf has the money, and Conley reports what it is buying: data centres going underground, with missile defence and netting over the top. Then Sam Altman's argument that most of the world's memory sits idle anyway, and what it would take to rent yours. Featuring Jake Conley, Breaking Business News Reporter, Yahoo Finance Pras Subramanian, Senior Autos Reporter, Yahoo Finance Adam Johnson, Portfolio Manager, Bullseye American Ingenuity Fund Watch the full episode of The 8:30: https://youtu.be/WWGfWRFgr_A Timestamps 0:00 OpenAI signs deals in Abu Dhabi, Anthropic goes to Japan 2:02 They cannot be oil countries forever 4:19 Underground, netted and under missile defence 5:31 A school went online, and the families flew out 7:05 Altman says most of the world's memory sits idle 8:40 Getting paid in fractions for the gigabytes you own #OpenAI #SamAltman #AIDataCenters #The830 #YahooFinance == AlphaSpace by Yahoo Finance: A Professional-Grade Investment Platform Built for Everyday Investors. 👉 https://finance.yahoo.com/about/promos/gold/alphaspace?ncid=100003571