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You barely finished last week’s sprint review and now there is another wave of AI megadeals, billion-dollar infrastructure plays, and product shifts that demand your attention.
If you are trying to build, scale, or simply stay ahead, the pace is relentless. One minute OpenAI is deep in partnership with Microsoft, the next they are signing a thirty-eight billion dollar cloud deal with AWS. Meanwhile, your team is still figuring out how to connect AI tools into SharePoint without setting off compliance alarms.
This past week from November first to sixth was packed with signal-rich updates. We saw massive cloud compute contracts, enterprise AI adoption reach new heights, a landmark security acquisition, and a quiet but telling restructure at YouTube that shows how product teams are shifting to an AI-first mindset.
In this roundup, you will get a clear and practical look at what happened, why it matters, and how it could shape your decisions in the weeks ahead.
The Compute Wars: OpenAI and Microsoft’s AI Arms Race
If you wanted a sign that AI infrastructure is now a competitive sport, this week gave you two.
OpenAI signed a thirty-eight billion dollar, seven-year deal with Amazon Web Services. That…