Group 1 - Nvidia's strategy of supporting CoreWeave to create a "compute-finance" loop is compelling, prompting Google and AMD to explore building their own AI chip ecosystems [1] - Google is negotiating to invest approximately $100 million in the cloud computing startup Fluidstack, valuing it at around $7.5 billion, aiming to enhance its AI chip usage among computing providers [2] - Google is also providing financing support to former cryptocurrency mining companies like Hut 8 and Cipher Mining, facilitating their transition to AI compute factories in exchange for adopting Google's TPU chips [3] Group 2 - AMD is taking a more aggressive approach by providing substantial backing for a $300 million loan to the startup Crusoe, which will be used to purchase AMD's AI chips, including a "buyback clause" if Crusoe cannot find customers [4] - Both Google and AMD are circumventing traditional cloud giants due to their lack of interest in TPU chips, as major providers like Amazon AWS and Microsoft Azure are focused on developing their own AI chips [5] - Google is considering restructuring its TPU team into an independent department to attract external capital, although this has been officially denied, and faces challenges with production capacity and global shortages of essential components [7]