📝 The Hardware Coup: Why AI Hardware Just Changed Forever The AI hardware world just went through an incredibly busy two weeks. In late June, custom chips went from ideas on a page to working physical hardware. OpenAI, Etched, Amazon, and SambaNova all made massive moves at the exact same time. To understand why, think of general graphics processors (GPUs) as world-class generalist chefs. They can cook any dish, but they spend a lot of time cleaning up, reading recipes, and finding…