AI Wars: How Enterprise And Government Leaders Can Win The AGI Arms Race
A Call To Arms Fire Alarm
Over the weekend, OpenAI’s Sam Altman pulled a fire alarm, sending a call to arms proposal to The White House, writing: “We are at the doorstep of the next leap in prosperity [and] the Intelligence Age AI creates prosperity and freedom worth fighting for.” And more directly adding, “DeepSeek shows that our lead is not wide and is narrowing. The AI Action Plan should ensure that American-led AI prevails over CCP-led AI.”
They are specifically calling for a democratic “freedom-focused“ fight with new regulatory and copyright strategies, along with aggressive infrastructure deployment and government adoption. Good input, as long as it is an inclusive war that engages and enables the entrepreneurial spirit that brought us here and fuels the next generation emerging growth companies and startups.
Though billions have flowed into thousands of companies recently, if you look at the latest funding rounds, four big-dog companies received well over 50% of the category funding. Databricks announced an additional $10B in a J round, OpenAI $6B+, xAI $6B and Anthropic around $4B. Like the Web3 movement, which seems to have stalled at the tech oligopoly gates, we cannot afford that with AI. The privacy, security, and prosperity of your company, your family, and your country (wherever you live) may depend on it.
OpenAI went beyond nationalism to also encourage an “AI Compact” with US allied nations that can support an AI infrastructure ecosystem. President Trump has already wrangle in $1T in global private sector commitments to the U.S., including investments in critical components like data centers and power infrastructure. I expect that number to double this year. These capital-intensive data center projects should move beyond the few massive hyperscalers to also include an arsenal of hundreds of faster moving entrepreneurial organizations like Musahost, TECfusions, and others.
- Dean DeBiase (excerpt from Forbes.com)
MORE THAN 50 TECH JOBS COMING TO EASTERN KENTUCKY
MORE THAN 50 TECH JOBS COMING TO EASTERN KENTUCKY
Manchester, KY – AVA Redundant Web Services, LLC (“AVA-RWS”) announced today that a new data storage, data processing, and artificial intelligence (AI) processing and storage center will be coming to Eastern Kentucky.
AVA-RWS says the project will bring more than 50 full-time jobs with estimated starting salaries between $30,000 and $80,000 along with generous benefit packages.
The data center will be located in the Elk Hill Regional Industrial Park, which serves Clay, Knox, and Leslie Counties. It is expected to be completed by July 2025.
AVA-RWS, owned by Eastern Kentucky businessmen Jim Begley, George Begley and Bill Woods, has been working on the project for over two years alongside partners Joe Teegarden with RWS, LLC and Ruben Rivera with Musha Host. Joe Teegarden has built 7 data centers during his career and has received numerous international awards for his work in the industry. “All my experience has led me to this project,” Joe said. The new facility will complement an existing 6 MW facility in Wenatchee, Washington.
“We look forward to welcoming AVA-RWS to the Elk Hill Regional Industrial Park. We could not be more excited and appreciative of this announcement to
bring more than 50 new jobs. Jobs of this quality will change the lives of many families in our region. We are grateful to the company for its commitment to Kentucky and our region and are excited for its growth in the future,” Clay County Judge Executive Tommy Harmon said. AVA-RWS says the company intends to fill most of the jobs by those in the region.
Company officials say the project was made possible by the assistance of Judge Executive Tommy Harmon, Senator Robert Stivers, Secretary Jeff Noel with the Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development, Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development Project Manager Scott Moseley, U.S. Congressman Hal Rogers, State Rep. Tom O’Dell Smith, State Rep. Derek Lewis, Clay Co. Grant Administrator Deann Stivers Allen, the Clay County Fiscal Court, and Clay County Attorney Joe White.
An official groundbreaking ceremony will be held in the near future.
Manchester, KY – AVA Redundant Web Services, LLC (“AVA-RWS”) announced today that a new data storage, data processing, and artificial intelligence (AI) processing and storage center will be coming to Eastern Kentucky.
AVA-RWS says the project will bring more than 50 full-time jobs with estimated starting salaries between $30,000 and $80,000 along with generous benefit packages.
The data center will be located in the Elk Hill Regional Industrial Park, which serves Clay, Knox, and Leslie Counties. It is expected to be completed by July 2025.
AVA-RWS, owned by Eastern Kentucky businessmen Jim Begley, George Begley and Bill Woods, has been working on the project for over two years alongside partners Joe Teegarden with RWS, LLC and Ruben Rivera with Musha Host. Joe Teegarden has built 7 data centers during his career and has received numerous international awards for his work in the industry. “All my experience has led me to this project,” Joe said. The new facility will complement an existing 6 MW facility in Wenatchee, Washington.
“We look forward to welcoming AVA-RWS to the Elk Hill Regional Industrial Park. We could not be more excited and appreciative of this announcement to
bring more than 50 new jobs. Jobs of this quality will change the lives of many families in our region. We are grateful to the company for its commitment to Kentucky and our region and are excited for its growth in the future,” Clay County Judge Executive Tommy Harmon said. AVA-RWS says the company intends to fill most of the jobs by those in the region.
Company officials say the project was made possible by the assistance of Judge Executive Tommy Harmon, Senator Robert Stivers, Secretary Jeff Noel with the Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development, Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development Project Manager Scott Moseley, U.S. Congressman Hal Rogers, State Rep. Tom O’Dell Smith, State Rep. Derek Lewis, Clay Co. Grant Administrator Deann Stivers Allen, the Clay County Fiscal Court, and Clay County Attorney Joe White.
An official groundbreaking ceremony will be held in the near future.