<ul data-eligibleForWebStory="true">The AI industry was shaken by major events, changing strategic landscape drastically.Emergence of battlefield environment with broken partnerships, large acquisitions, and consolidations.Partnerships shattered, neutrality impossible, vertical integration essential for AI players' survival.Meta's Scale AI acquisition, Microsoft-OpenAI crisis, and OpenAI's Stargate project explored.Acquisition frenzy, data wars, talent competitions, infrastructure investments, and strategic implications highlighted.