Beam's 10,000-GPU bet stuns observers as per-rack value tops family net worth
yacineMTB · x · 2026-10-13
Yacine MTB expressed disbelief that AI startup Beam is running ten thousand GPUs, noting each rack is worth more than the average Ottawa family's net worth — a window into the enormous compute spending of frontier AI startups.
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