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Intro From Aidan 

I’ve learned the hard way that your career is less about the doors you walk through and more about the ones you knock on consistently.

Most people wait for opportunities to land in their lap. A job posting, a recruiter email, a lucky connection. But the people who move faster are the ones who create motion on their own. They reach out cold. They ask for feedback before they’re “ready.” They apply to roles they might not feel 100% qualified for yet.

It’s about being visible.

The world is crowded, and if you don’t show up in people’s inboxes, meetings, or LinkedIn feeds, they won’t know you exist. Careers aren’t handed out. They’re built by raising your hand over and over until the right person says, “Yes, let’s talk.”

- Aidan

This Week in AI:

No jargon, no filler—just the biggest AI developments worth knowing right now. Perfect for quick industry insights, so you can skip the buzzwords and get straight to the good stuff. Let’s dive into this week’s AI shake-ups, just as promised:

We’re seeing AI’s backbone and daily touchpoints get upgrades this week. OpenAI and NVIDIA struck a deal to roll out 10 gigawatts of next-gen computing infrastructure, which means models will soon be able to scale far beyond what’s common today. On the consumer side, Facebook Dating is tackling “swipe fatigue” with features that make dating feel less like a game and more like connection. And for high-volume email users, Perplexity has introduced a full inbox assistant, drafting replies, organizing threads, scheduling meetings, to reclaim hours lost to routine.

Let’s get into it.

In This Issue:

• OpenAI & NVIDIA: Building 10 GW of Compute Power → A massive infrastructure play to power future models and superintelligence.

• Feeling Tired of Swiping? Facebook Might Be Fixing It → New features in Facebook Dating aim to reduce fatigue and make matches feel more meaningful.

• Inbox Overwhelm, Meet AI Assistant → Perplexity’s rant-/reply-/scheduler tool joins your inbox to clean up and speed up email work.

🟣 OpenAI & NVIDIA: Building 10 GW of Compute Power

TL;DR:

OpenAI and NVIDIA are partnering to deploy at least 10 gigawatts of NVIDIA systems (millions of GPUs) to support OpenAI’s next-gen infrastructure. NVIDIA will invest up to $100 billion in OpenAI progressively as each gigawatt is deployed. The first gigawatt is targeted for late 2026 using NVIDIA’s Vera Rubin platform.

Our Take:

This is a bet on scale, cost, and power. Anyone building or planning to build AI models needs to watch this closely. Having access to massive compute isn’t just an advantage; it’s increasingly a requirement. For infrastructure providers, hardware teams, or companies offering AI services, ensuring reliability, power supply, and cooling will become huge differentiators. Also, the financial risk is nontrivial; massive investments like this put pressure on both uptime and ROI.

🟣 Tired of Swiping? Facebook Might Be Fixing It

TL;DR:

Facebook Dating is adding two new features: Dating Assistant and Meet Cute. The Dating Assistant helps you refine matches based on interests (beyond basic filters), and Meet Cute gives you surprise matches based on your preferences. These are designed to reduce the fatigue people feel after endless swiping. Young adult matches (ages 18-29) on Facebook Dating are up 10% year over year in the US and Canada.

Our Take:

Swipe fatigue has been one of the biggest soft failures of modern dating apps. These changes suggest a shift from volume (swipe, swipe, swipe) to quality, intentional design to make connections feel easier, less exhausting. If you design consumer-facing products, think about how you can reduce friction, anticipation, and choice overload. Sometimes fewer options, more curated experiences win.

🟣 Inbox Overwhelm, Meet AI Assistant

TL;DR:

Perplexity has launched Email Assistant for its Max subscribers. It works with Gmail and Outlook: drafting replies, labeling and organizing email threads, scheduling meetings, and matching tone to your writing style. It doesn’t train on your email data.

Our Take:

For many professionals, email isn’t the core work, it’s the overhead. Tools that cut down on the overhead matter. The Email Assistant is another sign that AI isn’t just about new capabilities, it’s about reclaiming time. But pay attention to how control is handled (you approve before sending), how privacy is guaranteed, and whether the assistant gets the style/tone right. If you adopt tools like this, expect a learning curve, but also expect a productivity boost.