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Announcing ComputeConnect, the financial industry’s first exchange-for-physical (EFP) network for compute, coming soon from Architect and Compute Desk. ComputeConnect links US exchange-traded compute futures to compute capacity delivery. Exchange-listed cash-settled compute futures are entering US markets to correct course on the current AI economy, reorienting debt to long-term growth:...

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The CEO of the world's largest asset manager just said something that should reframe how every investor thinks about the AI trade. Larry Fink, managing $11.5 trillion at BlackRock, stood at the Milken Institute Global Conference and said four words that matter, "We just don't have enough compute." "The United States is short power. We're short compute. We're short chips. And there's going to be shortages in all three and memory, four things. I actually believe a new asset class will be buying futures of compute." Think about what that means. Fink is predicting that compute becomes a tradable commodity like oil, like grain, like natural gas where investors buy forward contracts on future capacity because the shortage is so structural and so predictable that a derivatives market will emerge to price it. That is not a minor observation from a finance executive but rather the chairman of the most powerful capital allocator on the planet telling you that compute scarcity is a multi-year, investable megatrend. The data backs him up completely. Data centers will consume 70% of all memory chips produced globally in 2026. Advanced HBM production from Samsung, SK Hynix, and Micron is sold out through 2026 and into 2027 and a single AI server consumes 10-20x more memory than a conventional workload server. DRAM supply growth is running at just 16% annually while AI infrastructure demand is growing at 80%+. The chip crunch, the power crunch, and the compute crunch are not temporary dislocations, they are structural, and they will get worse before they get better. Fink also said something the bears keep getting wrong: "There is not an AI bubble. There is the opposite. We have supply shortages. Demand is growing much faster than anyone has ever anticipated." This is why the Milk Road Pro portfolio is built the way it is, long the companies producing and supplying the constrained resources: chips, memory, compute infrastructure, and power. Check out Milk Road Pro, link below to access our full thesis and plays.

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.Shaun Maguire says SpaceX's data center deal with Google may suggest there is something fundamentally different about the company's terrestrial compute. "I think a lot of people were surprised by the Anthropic and Google announcements. And I think a lot of people are getting the wrong takeaway there." "The way a lot of people are interpreting that is it's like, 'oh, we're just in this temporary compute shortage. And so anyone's willing to work with anyone, and they're willing to pay any price for compute.'" "I think that might be a reasonable way to look at the Anthropic announcement. I don't think that makes sense for looking at the Google announcement." "To me, I think an alternative hypothesis is that SpaceX's terrestrial compute is not actually a commodity. There's something that's better about it than other people's terrestrial compute."
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.Shaun Maguire says SpaceX's data center deal with Google may suggest there is something fundamentally different about the company's terrestrial compute. "I think a lot of people were surprised by the Anthropic and Google announcements. And I think a lot of people are getting the wrong takeaway there." "The way a lot of people are interpreting that is it's like, 'oh, we're just in this temporary compute shortage. And so anyone's willing to work with anyone, and they're willing to pay any price for compute.'" "I think that might be a reasonable way to look at the Anthropic announcement. I don't think that makes sense for looking at the Google announcement." "To me, I think an alternative hypothesis is that SpaceX's terrestrial compute is not actually a commodity. There's something that's better about it than other people's terrestrial compute."

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I’m beyond excited to finally announce Internet Backyard We’ve raised $4.5M pre-seed to build the financial backbone of the global compute economy, starting with billing for data centers. Every day, $1.2B flows into compute, almost entirely debt-financed. AI is surpassing every growth curve we’ve seen: training runs heading toward $1B each, global capacity set to triple, trillions in capex already committed. And yet the financial rails underneath it all are still running on spreadsheets.
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I’m beyond excited to finally announce Internet Backyard We’ve raised $4.5M pre-seed to build the financial backbone of the global compute economy, starting with billing for data centers. Every day, $1.2B flows into compute, almost entirely debt-financed. AI is surpassing every growth curve we’ve seen: training runs heading toward $1B each, global capacity set to triple, trillions in capex already committed. And yet the financial rails underneath it all are still running on spreadsheets.

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Compute Wars: OpenAI vs Anthopic. Why was Opus 4.5 such a breakthrough? Anthropic got lots more compute from AWS Madison and New Carlisle sites likely more than doubling their capacity. This got Anthropic got close to OpenAI's total capacity, and probably much higher effective capacity available for new model runs. Remember that it takes 6+ months between getting capacity and releasing the model, so the extra OpenAI capacity might be aligning well with the 'spud' model rather than GPT-5.4. Unless something dramatic happens, OpenAI will pull away in terms of compute available in H2 2026, but 2027 will be close. Future years are less certain but so far OpenAI has much higher planned capacity, though can't imagine Anthropic isn't pushing as hard as they can to get lots more compute. Always watch the compute, other things matter, but any new capability breakthrough probably came from throwing more compute at it.
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Compute Wars: OpenAI vs Anthopic. Why was Opus 4.5 such a breakthrough? Anthropic got lots more compute from AWS Madison and New Carlisle sites likely more than doubling their capacity. This got Anthropic got close to OpenAI's total capacity, and probably much higher effective capacity available for new model runs. Remember that it takes 6+ months between getting capacity and releasing the model, so the extra OpenAI capacity might be aligning well with the 'spud' model rather than GPT-5.4. Unless something dramatic happens, OpenAI will pull away in terms of compute available in H2 2026, but 2027 will be close. Future years are less certain but so far OpenAI has much higher planned capacity, though can't imagine Anthropic isn't pushing as hard as they can to get lots more compute. Always watch the compute, other things matter, but any new capability breakthrough probably came from throwing more compute at it.

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When we first met Tom, his obsession with energy markets came through immediately. Seemed random, but it's "actually" central to what he's building at Actual Computer. The thesis is that local inference is inevitable. Open source models are getting good enough, people don't want to feed their thoughts to AI labs, and demand for compute will continue to be insatiable. But the main forcing function is that chips aren't the bottleneck anymore - power is. Compute is derivative of energy, and the massive data center buildout has created an energy shortage where GPUs sit idle waiting for power to come online. Yet one place that already has power, and always will, is everywhere else. Homes. Businesses. Universities. Collectively, they have more compute than all the data centers combined. Tom Lynch goal is to build a distributed network of people plugging in their local compute (devices like Mac minis to consumer Nvidia cards) to serve inference demand. The substrate he's chosen is Bittensor, on Subnet 95. Actual Computer has an exceptional team behind it, and this is one of the projects that's gotten me most excited in a long time. Enjoy this conversation with the two of us!
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When we first met Tom, his obsession with energy markets came through immediately. Seemed random, but it's "actually" central to what he's building at Actual Computer. The thesis is that local inference is inevitable. Open source models are getting good enough, people don't want to feed their thoughts to AI labs, and demand for compute will continue to be insatiable. But the main forcing function is that chips aren't the bottleneck anymore - power is. Compute is derivative of energy, and the massive data center buildout has created an energy shortage where GPUs sit idle waiting for power to come online. Yet one place that already has power, and always will, is everywhere else. Homes. Businesses. Universities. Collectively, they have more compute than all the data centers combined. Tom Lynch goal is to build a distributed network of people plugging in their local compute (devices like Mac minis to consumer Nvidia cards) to serve inference demand. The substrate he's chosen is Bittensor, on Subnet 95. Actual Computer has an exceptional team behind it, and this is one of the projects that's gotten me most excited in a long time. Enjoy this conversation with the two of us!

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35,706 views • 6 months ago

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📢 NEURALAI X 🤩 NeuralAI is extraordinarily excited to reveal that we have started working closely with Akash Network, the world's premier decentralized compute marketplace! ✔️ The offerings of align perfectly with the vision and roadmap of NeuralAI, making this collaboration extremely significant for NeuralAI. For a start, NeuralAI will run inference on Akash based on our 3D #AI model and prepare TAO miners for reward-yielding subnets. NeuralAI will also leverage Akash's powerful GPUs to enhance our #AI #model training. Currently, provides us with 56 powerful A6000 GPUs, scalable on demand. ✔️ NeuralAI also gets highly competitive pricing from Akash Network, significantly lower than any other compute provider in the world. The lower pricing is possible partially thanks to the crypto-driven incentives within Akash Network, making it an excellent opportunity for NeuralAI to leverage. The synergy with Akash Network is a big leap forward, fueling our mission of becoming the #1 AI-driven 3D asset generator subnet on Bittensor. ✔️ We look forward to our close work with , we are certain with their support we will be able to secure a unique edge in the market! Stay tuned for exciting updates and developments.

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241,274 views • 2 years ago

In the 20th century, power depended on OIL and STEEL. In the 21st century, power depends on AI, CHIPS and COMPUTE CAPABILITY. At AI Summit 2026 India, I spoke about why the GPU challenge is not just a ‘supply chain issue’ but a ‘sovereignty issue’. In the AI century, power will rest with those who control chips, compute capacity and data centres. Today, design monopolies, manufacturing concentration and export controls determine who gets access. India controls none of these critical levers. We have the talent. We have the ambition. We have the intent. We have the capital. But talent without compute is aspiration. And compute without sovereignty is dependence. The role of policymakers is not to slow AI down; it is to remove bottlenecks, diversify access, set clear national targets, and build sovereign AI infrastructure in India. This is not partisan. It is strategic. #IndiaAIImpactSummit2026 #AI #ResponsibleAI #ArtificialIntelligence #BharatMandapam
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In the 20th century, power depended on OIL and STEEL. In the 21st century, power depends on AI, CHIPS and COMPUTE CAPABILITY. At AI Summit 2026 India, I spoke about why the GPU challenge is not just a ‘supply chain issue’ but a ‘sovereignty issue’. In the AI century, power will rest with those who control chips, compute capacity and data centres. Today, design monopolies, manufacturing concentration and export controls determine who gets access. India controls none of these critical levers. We have the talent. We have the ambition. We have the intent. We have the capital. But talent without compute is aspiration. And compute without sovereignty is dependence. The role of policymakers is not to slow AI down; it is to remove bottlenecks, diversify access, set clear national targets, and build sovereign AI infrastructure in India. This is not partisan. It is strategic. #IndiaAIImpactSummit2026 #AI #ResponsibleAI #ArtificialIntelligence #BharatMandapam

Raghav Chadha

70,153 views • 5 months ago

$MU $SKHY $DRAM Holy Shit $AMD's Lisa Su just spent two full minutes at the 2026 AI keynote raving about HBM4 capacity as the thing that separates Helios from the competition. Not compute. Memory. "When you compare Helios to the competition, we're delivering 15% more compute, 50% more HBM4 memory capacity and memory bandwidth, and 50% more scale-out bandwidth." Notice which number is bigger. "What that means is that every Helios can deliver more performance for the largest models, more capacity for longer context, and the bandwidth to scale across thousands of racks.... More than 18,000 CDNA five GPU compute units, over 4,600 Zen 6 CPU cores, and 31 terabytes of HBM4 memory, all in a single rack." "That's what it takes to run agentic AI at scale. Today, I'm excited to announce that Helios is in full production. We have shipments on track to start at the end of the third quarter and ramping into the fourth quarter in the second half of the year. I can tell you, customer demand for Helios is extremely strong, we're extremely proud of the work that we have done across the leading AI labs to adopt Helios."
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$MU $SKHY $DRAM Holy Shit $AMD's Lisa Su just spent two full minutes at the 2026 AI keynote raving about HBM4 capacity as the thing that separates Helios from the competition. Not compute. Memory. "When you compare Helios to the competition, we're delivering 15% more compute, 50% more HBM4 memory capacity and memory bandwidth, and 50% more scale-out bandwidth." Notice which number is bigger. "What that means is that every Helios can deliver more performance for the largest models, more capacity for longer context, and the bandwidth to scale across thousands of racks.... More than 18,000 CDNA five GPU compute units, over 4,600 Zen 6 CPU cores, and 31 terabytes of HBM4 memory, all in a single rack." "That's what it takes to run agentic AI at scale. Today, I'm excited to announce that Helios is in full production. We have shipments on track to start at the end of the third quarter and ramping into the fourth quarter in the second half of the year. I can tell you, customer demand for Helios is extremely strong, we're extremely proud of the work that we have done across the leading AI labs to adopt Helios."

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In most places in the US, you can't trade onion futures. This is because of the the Onion Futures Act of 1958, a U.S. federal law that permanently bans futures trading in onions. As a result, onions are the only commodity explicitly prohibited from futures markets in the United States. The Act came about after an episode in the early 1950s, when onions were actively traded on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Two men named Vincent Kosuga and Sam Seigel bought up enormous quantities of physical onions, and gained control over storage and distribution. By dominating the available supply, they were able to push prices higher while simultaneously taking large short positions in onion futures, which was a bet that prices would eventually fall. Once their short positions were in place, Kosuga and Seigal released massive amounts of onions back into the market, flooding supply and causing prices to collapse. Accounts from the period describe warehouses overflowing with onions, spoilage accelerating, and farmers unable to sell their crops for prices that even covered transportation costs. The collapse was so severe that some farmers reportedly burned or dumped onions rather than bring them to market.
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In most places in the US, you can't trade onion futures. This is because of the the Onion Futures Act of 1958, a U.S. federal law that permanently bans futures trading in onions. As a result, onions are the only commodity explicitly prohibited from futures markets in the United States. The Act came about after an episode in the early 1950s, when onions were actively traded on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Two men named Vincent Kosuga and Sam Seigel bought up enormous quantities of physical onions, and gained control over storage and distribution. By dominating the available supply, they were able to push prices higher while simultaneously taking large short positions in onion futures, which was a bet that prices would eventually fall. Once their short positions were in place, Kosuga and Seigal released massive amounts of onions back into the market, flooding supply and causing prices to collapse. Accounts from the period describe warehouses overflowing with onions, spoilage accelerating, and farmers unable to sell their crops for prices that even covered transportation costs. The collapse was so severe that some farmers reportedly burned or dumped onions rather than bring them to market.

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YC and Together AI are partnering to bring the first dedicated YC GPU cluster online, giving YC startups easier access to the compute they need to build and scale. In this Founder Fireside, YC's Ankit Gupta and Together AI co-founder & CEO Vipul Ved Prakash dig into why compute has become one of the biggest bottlenecks for modern AI companies, how Together AI is helping more than 8,000 customers—from early-stage research teams to companies like Cursor, Cognition, and ElevenLabs—train, fine-tune, and serve AI models, and why flexible access to GPUs is becoming a competitive advantage for the next generation of founders. 00:00 — Partnering on a GPU Cluster 00:26 — What Together AI Does 01:22 — From Research Labs to Cursor: Together's 8,000 Customers 01:58 — The Landscape of AI Native Startups 03:24 — How Building an AI Company Has Changed Since 2018 04:56 — Why the Cost of Compute Keeps Going Up 05:29 — YC as the Biggest Seed Funder of Research Companies 08:47 — Flash Attention, Mamba, and the Science of Production AI 10:43 — Compute Planning Advice for Early Stage Companies 12:39 — When Your Compute Bill Is Bigger Than Your Cash Balance 13:31 — How Companies Are Using the Cluster Today 14:24 — What's Next
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Y Combinator

155,300 views • 7 days ago

Shaun Maguire on SpaceX IPO: "Starship is the railroad to space." "In 2019, it was very predictable that Starlink would work and produce a massive amount of revenue, and we called that right." "We're now in a very similar point to where Starlink was in 2019 with AI infrastructure and orbital compute." "I think people are really underestimating how far along the orbital compute product is right now." On the $22 trillion TAM: "What do you think is the TAM for intelligence? What's the TAM for all compute infrastructure 50 years from now?" "People are underappreciating how much infrastructure is going to be built in space and how much easier it is to access energy in space." "We're at the beginning of this AI era, and we're going to double or triple the total amount of intelligence that we have access to over the next decade — so yes, I absolutely believe in the TAM, and I would even argue it's an underestimate." How much is the "railroad to space" worth in the era of AI and orbital compute? Now imagine the railroad company also owns the AI and the orbital compute. Elon Musk Shaun Maguire
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Shaun Maguire on SpaceX IPO: "Starship is the railroad to space." "In 2019, it was very predictable that Starlink would work and produce a massive amount of revenue, and we called that right." "We're now in a very similar point to where Starlink was in 2019 with AI infrastructure and orbital compute." "I think people are really underestimating how far along the orbital compute product is right now." On the $22 trillion TAM: "What do you think is the TAM for intelligence? What's the TAM for all compute infrastructure 50 years from now?" "People are underappreciating how much infrastructure is going to be built in space and how much easier it is to access energy in space." "We're at the beginning of this AI era, and we're going to double or triple the total amount of intelligence that we have access to over the next decade — so yes, I absolutely believe in the TAM, and I would even argue it's an underestimate." How much is the "railroad to space" worth in the era of AI and orbital compute? Now imagine the railroad company also owns the AI and the orbital compute. Elon Musk Shaun Maguire

KanekoaTheGreat

39,709 views • 1 month ago

A message from our CEO, Annanay Kapila @a_kapila_ QFEX is the first 24/7 no-broker trading exchange for equities, commodities, and FX. On QFEX, traders have direct access to markets, thereby removing the need for costly and manipulative brokers. Futures on traditional exchanges have fixed expiries and settle at maturity. Our futures never expire. We leverage perpetual futures, or perps: contracts without expiration that use funding payments to stay in line with the spot market. QFEX is built by traders with traders in mind. Our team comprises of quants from Citadel, Jump, Tower, Barclays, and Flow. We're building the ultimate trading platform, bringing fairer markets to CFD traders, deeper liquidity to crypto traders, and perps to professional traders. The future of futures is QFEX. QFEX will go live to the public in Q4 2025. Sign up for our waitlist now to get early access. Users will also receive volume-based referral rewards. TLDR; • Seamless 24/7 trading • Direct access: no brokers, no manipulation • Perpetual futures on traditional assets • Up to 30x leverage
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A message from our CEO, Annanay Kapila @a_kapila_ QFEX is the first 24/7 no-broker trading exchange for equities, commodities, and FX. On QFEX, traders have direct access to markets, thereby removing the need for costly and manipulative brokers. Futures on traditional exchanges have fixed expiries and settle at maturity. Our futures never expire. We leverage perpetual futures, or perps: contracts without expiration that use funding payments to stay in line with the spot market. QFEX is built by traders with traders in mind. Our team comprises of quants from Citadel, Jump, Tower, Barclays, and Flow. We're building the ultimate trading platform, bringing fairer markets to CFD traders, deeper liquidity to crypto traders, and perps to professional traders. The future of futures is QFEX. QFEX will go live to the public in Q4 2025. Sign up for our waitlist now to get early access. Users will also receive volume-based referral rewards. TLDR; • Seamless 24/7 trading • Direct access: no brokers, no manipulation • Perpetual futures on traditional assets • Up to 30x leverage

QFEX

45,315 views • 10 months ago

$ORCL is down 65% from its highs, trades at just 21x earnings, and is one of the biggest opportunities in the entire market. The one and only reason $ORCL has been crushed is its massive reliance on OpenAI and their $300B compute deal. The market fears OpenAI won’t be able to pay what it promised, leaving Oracle with hundreds of billions invested in infrastructure and no one to buy that capacity. But as Co-CEO Clay Magouyrk said, the infrastructure AI customers need is largely the same. If OpenAI can’t pay, $ORCL will have no shortage of customers for that capacity. AI compute demand isn’t going anywhere. The market is pricing in a disaster that won’t happen.
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$ORCL is down 65% from its highs, trades at just 21x earnings, and is one of the biggest opportunities in the entire market. The one and only reason $ORCL has been crushed is its massive reliance on OpenAI and their $300B compute deal. The market fears OpenAI won’t be able to pay what it promised, leaving Oracle with hundreds of billions invested in infrastructure and no one to buy that capacity. But as Co-CEO Clay Magouyrk said, the infrastructure AI customers need is largely the same. If OpenAI can’t pay, $ORCL will have no shortage of customers for that capacity. AI compute demand isn’t going anywhere. The market is pricing in a disaster that won’t happen.

Daniel

115,224 views • 7 days ago