Trump-Xi, Nvidia & OpenAI's Singapore Play: GNA Weekly

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GNA 3 is back with another Asia-focused breakdown of the biggest stories in AI, chips, cyber, infrastructure, e-commerce, and geopolitics. In this episode of Generalists New Asia, Michael Smith Jr. and Raz Kotler cover the Trump-Xi meeting, Nvidia chip routes through Thailand, OpenAI’s Singapore-linked acquisition of Tomoro.ai, cyber attacks on Singapore telcos, DeepSeek’s rumored mega-round, Amazon’s exit from local delivery in Singapore, Korea’s AI memory boom, Foxconn’s ransomware issues, the Debug mosquito project in Singapore, Huawei’s chip push, and the growing race between China AI models and US frontier labs. 🎟️ Generalists Live with Nir Eyal Nir Eyal, bestselling author of Hooked, Indistractable, and Beyond Belief, is coming to Singapore for a live podcast with The Generalists. May 25th at Poddster, with a live conversation and open audience Q&A. Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.sg/e/beyond-belief-nir-eyal-live-podcast-with-the-generalists-tickets-1988068911632 📖 What We Cover • The Trump-Xi meeting and why AI chips, Nvidia, Taiwan, trade, and commodities are all part of the same geopolitical conversation • Nvidia AI servers allegedly being routed through Thailand into China, and what that says about chip restrictions and enforcement • OpenAI’s acquisition of Tomoro.ai and why forward deployed engineers may become a major AI services model • DeepSeek’s rumored mega-round and how China may be backing its own AI champions in the US-China AI race • Amazon quitting local delivery and e-commerce in Singapore, and what it says about why Amazon struggled in Southeast Asia • Samsung and SK Hynix’s memory boom, AI-driven chip demand, worker tensions, and Korea’s role in the AI supply chain • Foxconn’s ransomware problem and why repeated breaches matter when manufacturers hold customer technical specs • The Debug mosquito project in Singapore and how AI could help fight dengue across Asia and Africa • Huawei’s chip push and how China is showing domestic semiconductor capability during a critical diplomatic mom