Musk's $2B Bet on Edge AI: A New Track for Hardware Entrepreneurs

Last week at a coffee shop in Silicon Valley, I chatted with an AI chip founder until the early hours. He had just secured $30 million in funding from a major tech giant and was torn about whether to accept it. He said the terms were good enough, but the catch was that he’d have to follow their technical roadmap. I asked him: If Elon Musk offered you $2 billion today, would you sell? He stayed silent for a long time.