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… And with the biggest names in PC hardware already signed on, this is a platform play as much as a hardware one -- and a direct answer to Microsoft, which has been pushing its own AI-native Copilot+ PCs since 2024. …
… Cerebras was pitching a new kind of giant-sized chip, designed for AI training, one the processor world was not prepared to manufacture. Vishria was intrigued enough to discuss it with some Benchmark partners, who quickly told him that they also didn’t know enough hardware. …
… Huang noted that the AI industry is powered by a new breed of industrial factories — the kinds producing the hardware that acts as critical infrastructure for the AI business. Huang’s company notably sells a lot of that hardware. …
… Bundling a regional AI assistant with affordable hardware — particularly feature phones — is one of the more direct distribution plays available in a market as large and linguistically diverse as India, where English-language AI tools have limited reach. …