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The new frontier: Meet the power players cashing in on the AI gold rush

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The AI industry has seen massive investment, with CEOs like Larry Ellison of Oracle and Jensen Huang of Nvidia seeing their personal wealth skyrocket due to their companies' success. Huang's Nvidia is at the forefront of AI hardware, with plans to build "AI factories" and continue innovating in the field. Other notable figures benefiting from the AI boom include Alexandr Wang of Scale AI, Mark Zuckerberg of Meta, and Elon Musk of xAI, all racing to develop cutting-edge AI models. Despite challenges and controversies, the AI gold rush shows no signs of slowing down, with huge profits potentially awaiting those leading the charge.

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