AI Valley: Microsoft, Google, and the Trillion-Dollar Race to Cash In on Artificial Intelligence

A veteran Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist shadows thetop thinkers in the field of Artificial Intelligence, introducing thebreakthroughs and developments that will change the way we live and work.

Artificial Intelligence has been justaround the corner for decades, continuallydisappointing those who long believed in its potential.But now, with the emergence and growing use of ChatGPT, Gemini, and a rapidlymultiplying number of other AI tools, many are wondering: Has AIs moment finally arrived?

InAI Valley, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalistGary Rivlin brings us deep into the world of AI development in Silicon Valley.Over the course of more than a year, Rivlin closely follows founders andventure capitalists trying to capitalize on this AI moment. That includesLinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman, the legendary investor whom theWallStreet Journalonce called, the mostconnected person in Silicon Valley.

Through Hoffman, Rivlin is granted access to a number ofcompanies on the cutting-edge of AI research, such as Inflection AI, thecompany Hoffman cofounded in 2022, and OpenAI, the San Francisco-based startupthat sparked it all with its release at the end of that year of ChatGPT. Inaddition to Hoffman, Rivlin introduces us to other AI experts, including OpenAIcofounder Sam Altman and Mustafa Suleyman, the co-founder of DeepMind, an earlyAI startup that Google bought for $650 million in 2014. Rivlin alsobrings readers inside Microsoft, Meta, Google and other tech giants scramblingto keep pace.

On this vast frontier, no one knows which of these companieswill hit it bigor which will flame outspectacularly. In this riveting narrative marbled with familiar names such asMusk, Zuckerberg, and Gates, Rivlin chronicles breakthroughs as they happen,giving us a deep understanding of whats aroundthe corner in AI development. An adventure story full of drama andunforgettable personalities,AIValleypromises to be the definitive story for anyone seeking tounderstand the latest phase of world-changing discoveries and the minds behindthem.

About the Author

Gary Rivlinis a Pulitzer Prizewinninginvestigative reporter who has been writing about technology since themid-1990s and the rise of the internet. He is the author of nine books,includingSaving Main StreetandKatrina: After theFlood.His work has appeared in theNew York Times, Newsweek,Fortune, GQ,andWired,among other publications. Heis a two-time Gerald Loeb Award winner and former reporter for theNewYork Times. He lives in New York with his wife, theater director DaisyWalker, and two sons.