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What LPs Get Wrong About AI
A strategic memo for institutional investors chasing AI exposure
Jun 19 • 
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McKinsey Doesn't Understand AI
Don't bet your company's AI future on consultants
Jun 18 • 
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LLMs Are a Lock-In, Not a Leap
LLMs may be sub-optimal but path dependence in tech is real
Jun 17 • 
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The Coming Data Center Shakeout
Some time in the 2030s we'll be in a post-GPU era but today's data centers are optimized for GPU compute
Jun 17 • 
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AI Models Eat Software
Software no longer eats the world
Jun 16 • 
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The AI Boom Is an Infrastructure Supercycle
AI is about infrastructure more than it is about software
Jun 15 • 
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AI’s Next Battle Is Legal, Not Technical
Is consumer protection or national security more important?
Jun 14 • 
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When Cooler Chips Kill Nvidia's Moat
What happens to Nvidia in a post-GPU future?
Jun 12 • 
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Why Enterprise AI Adoption Will Be Asymmetric and Slow
Welcome to the hundreds of new subscribers who have joined over the past few weeks.
Jun 11 • 
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Enterprises will be Slow to Adopt AI
Welcome to the hundreds of new subscribers who have joined over the past few weeks.
Jun 9 • 
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The AI Power Crisis Begins in Texas
Texas is in an undeclared war over electricity.
Jun 7 • 
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What if We're Building too Much AI Infrastructure?
We're spending tens of billions of capex dollars on vast datacenters but what if the AI future is more efficient and runs cooler?
Jun 7 • 
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