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▶ 4:35 · $NVDA · Google's TPUs are one of Nvidia's only true AI chip competitors, per ex-Google engineer
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OpenAI VS Google: The Chatbot Race

2025-11-27 · 3 company · 5 thematic
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zack lloyd

Founder and CEO of Warp, an AI-powered developer platform. Former principal engineer for Google Docs. Deep expertise in AI coding agents and model evaluation.

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“they're one of Nvidia's only competitors when it comes to actually making um you know AI chips”
—zack lloyd
now playing · $NVDA
$GOOGL···bullish· mediumzack lloyd
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$NVDA···neutral· mediumzack lloyd
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$DEEPSEEKbearish· mediumzack lloyd
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