🚀 Welcome to AI Unraveled (January 17th, 2026): Your strategic briefing on the business, technology, and policy reshaping artificial intelligence.

Today, we analyze OpenAI’s bold decision to walk away from an Apple partnership to build its own hardware, leaving the door open for Google Gemini to dominate the iPhone. We also cover Meta’s retreat from the enterprise Metaverse, a massive $250B chip deal with Taiwan, and the Trump administration's demand for Big Tech to fund the power grid.

Strategic Pillars & Key Topics:

📱 The Hardware Wars

• OpenAI vs. Apple: OpenAI reportedly rejected a deal to be Apple's primary AI provider to focus on building its own dedicated hardware. Meanwhile, Apple has deepened its ties with Google, making Gemini