Neil Tiwari, Managing Director at Magnetar, recently joined Sarah Guo on the "No Priors" podcast to explore the capital dynamics shaping AI infrastructure.

Drawing on Magnetar’s experience investing across the capital structure, Neil discussed the scale of projected AI infrastructure investment, how financing solutions are evolving alongside increasingly capital-intensive buildouts, and the shift from large training clusters toward distributed inference. He also touched on the practical constraints influencing growth — including power, storage, and distribution — and what they might signal for the next phase of the market.

Watch / listen to the full podcast, “Who’s Actually Funding the AI Buildout?” on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify.

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