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OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar and Anthropic’s Krishna Rao Are Racing For Compute Power

CFOs at OpenAI and Anthropic are balancing risk and scale in a capital-intensive fight for A.I. dominance.

There’s one thing top of mind for CFOs at A.I. companies: compute power. As their firms race to dominate Silicon Valley—and trounce one another—OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar and Anthropic CFO Krishna Rao are focused on raising funds, securing chip deals and tracking demand for compute.

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Compute power is a “huge competitive advantage,” especially in a landscape where “there’s not a lot of compute in 2026,” said Friar, 53, in an interview with Bloomberg TV today (May........

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