Major AI players are making aggressive strategic moves as the infrastructure battle heats up. In this episode of Utilizing AI, Stephen Foskett, Brad Shimmin, and Nick Patience break down the latest developments shaping the AI market. The discussion covers AWS’s new AI models and infrastructure push, including Nova models and AI factories, IBM’s expansion of its AI portfolio through the acquisition of Confluent, and Nvidia’s focus on optimizing mixture-of-experts architectures for efficiency and scale. The panel examines how real-time data is becoming a competitive differentiator and why infrastructure choices increasingly determine AI success. They also explore broader market dynamics, including AI models acting as loss leaders, the pressure to build complete ecosystems, and the challenges enterprises face as AI applications evolve from experimentation to production. This episode provides a clear look at where the AI infrastructure race is heading and which strategies are likely to win. #AI #AIInfrastructure #AWS #IBM #Nvidia #EnterpriseAI #TechNews #UtilizingAI #FuturumGroup #StephenFoskett #BradShimmin #NickPatience