The Beiruter

Beijing’s restrictions on American AI chips expose the tension between its ambitions for technological independence and its industry's continued dependence on foreign computing power.

As corporate buybacks reach record levels, Nvidia’s $150 billion authorization shows why companies are choosing to spend billions purchasing their own shares rather than deploying all of their cash elsewhere.

Behind the chatbots and software tools familiar to consumers lies an interconnected stack of energy, chips, cloud infrastructure, models and applications that together power the modern AI economy.