Forbes November 8, 2024
Practitioners expect more acquisitions and less oversight in a Trump administration expected to repeal Biden’s executive order. But Elon Musk’s influence is one question mark.
As Donald Trump prepares to return to the White House, artificial intelligence executives and investors in Silicon Valley are expecting the new administration to make it easier to build — and lucratively sell — AI startup companies.
In public posts on social media and in private conversations, AI leaders said they were preparing for loosened regulatory mandates and more expansive export controls on chips — as well as the return of full acquisitions of AI startups by tech giants, which has been largely curtailed due to fears of antitrust scrutiny.
Cofounders from OpenAI and Anthropic,...