Buy the Rumor; Sell the News

Can CoreWeave Control the GPU Market?

Financialization of the GPU market seems inevitable. CoreWeave's executive team comes from commodities trading. Will they position themselves to control this market?

Dave Friedman's avatar
Dave Friedman
Apr 24, 2025
∙ Paid

Snowflake vs Glencore: Two Very Different Futures

In a recent post, I argued that CoreWeave has no moat.

I compared it unfavorably to Snowflake—a company that owns no hardware yet commands one of the deepest moats in SaaS. Snowflake's edge doesn't come from controlling infrastructure. It comes from abstraction: a sticky software layer, developer entrenchm…

This post is for paid subscribers

Already a paid subscriber? Sign in
© 2025 Dave Friedman
Privacy ∙ Terms ∙ Collection notice
Start your SubstackGet the app
Substack is the home for great culture