The best moments from MTS on May 11: OpenAI launching a deployment company with McKinsey and Bain as partners, the viral Wasian meetup that drew 3,700 RSVPs in NYC and what it signals about IRL community building, and Sphere Semi's CEO on why compute will decide future conflicts and how the US maintains its semiconductor edge.

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(00:00) Sheel Mohnot and Theo on OpenAI deployment company, consulting industry transformation, defense contracts

(25:18) Katherine on the Wasian meetup, IRL community building, post-COVID social yearning

(37:43) Steven Glenner on AI-designed chips, military applications, semiconductor competition with China

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Best Of 5/11/26 | AI Deployment, Wasian Identity, China's STEM Advantage

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Best Of 5/11/26 | AI Deployment, Wasian Identity, China's STEM Advantage