Since acquiring the Dutch shipyard Oceanco in August, the co-founder and president of Valve Corporation has made no secret about his plans to bring development and ideas to the table. Formally identified by the yard as a ‘hands-on visionary’ rather than an owner or financier, Newell, an early funder of OpenAI (and the first to digitalize the gaming platform) revealed his interest in shaking up the world of yachting by applying machine learning to shipbuilding.
“Putting stress and…

