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🤖 $100B Here, $1.5T There
Nvidia’s big bet, Gartner’s trillion-dollar forecast, and an AI gold medal.

Hello Process Master,
$100B here, $1.5T there — the scale of AI investment is rewriting the playbook for leaders. Nvidia is betting billions, Gartner is forecasting trillions, and Google’s models are outcoding humans. The message is clear: AI has moved from side project to the backbone of business strategy.
This week we unpack: Nvidia’s $100B bet on OpenAI, Gartner’s trillion-dollar forecast, DeepMind’s medal-winning breakthrough, and the build-versus-borrow dilemma in generative AI. Plus, a new podcast episode with Luis Fonseca on how to scale across markets with trust and repeatable playbooks.
Read through to stay ahead.

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đź’¸ Nvidia Bets up to $100B on OpenAI
Nvidia announced a $100 billion investment in OpenAI, underscoring how capital-heavy the AI arms race has become.
OpenAI’s Sam Altman put it bluntly: compute infrastructure is the foundation of the future economy. What Nvidia is building will power breakthroughs and bring AI to businesses at scale.
Hardware and model innovation are colliding. The companies that control the stack — from GPUs to governance — will capture the upside. GPUs, once built for gaming, are now the muscle behind modern AI, crunching data at speeds CPUs can’t match.
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đź’° $1.5 Trillion on the Table
Global AI spending is on track to hit $1.5 trillion by the end of the year, says Gartner. For context, that is more than the GDP of China’s entire manufacturing sector. This is not hype. It is hard cash flowing into the new backbone of business.
What is driving it? Hyperscalers are pouring billions into AI-optimized data centers and GPUs. For leaders, the message is simple: if AI is pulling in trillions, it cannot be a side project. The companies shifting budgets toward infrastructure and governance today are already cashing in with faster ROI and bigger market share.
When the money moves in trillions, sitting on the sidelines is not strategy. It is surrender.
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🏅 Gemini 2.5 Just Beat Top Coders
Google DeepMind says its Gemini 2.5 model has hit a milestone in problem-solving. The AI became the first to win gold at an international programming competition, solving in 30 minutes what stumped human coders: routing liquid through infinite duct pathways to reservoirs at maximum speed.
Why does it matter? If validated, this marks a shift from narrow AI to systems tackling unfamiliar, complex challenges. From logistics to R&D, that could mean workflows where human oversight pairs with machine reasoning to crack problems once thought unsolvable.
When AI starts winning coding medals, it’s not just playing the game — it’s changing it.
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đź§© Build or Borrow? The GenAI Dilemma
Firms like Bloomberg are already building custom models trained on their own data. Why? To gain tighter control, cut costs, and reduce risks tied to third-party APIs. But most enterprises don’t need to build from scratch — fine-tuning existing models can deliver nearly the same accuracy at a fraction of the cost.
The real barrier isn’t technology, it’s trust. Leaders need AI that is explainable, secure, and licensed for real business use. In the enterprise, generative AI is as much about governance as it is about innovation. The companies that master both will capture the real advantage.
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🎙️ The Process Masters Podcast with Luis Fonseca
Luis Fonseca has scaled MedTech across Latin America and Canada — and now he’s sharing the playbook. In this brand new episode of the Process Masters Podcast, he breaks down the 3 signals to check before entering a new market, how to win early champions, and why trust is the true currency of global growth.
And this isn’t just a healthcare story. Whether you’re in SaaS, operations, or digital transformation, these lessons will change the way you think about scaling globally.
👉 Catch the full conversation for strategies any ops or digital leader can apply: Watch on YouTube or Listen on Spotify
That’s it for this week. Time to decide if AI is your side project or your strategy.
– The Process Masters Team