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AI Demand Was Real. The Bill Became the Story (August 2026)

August 29, 2026

Editor's Note August made one thing clear: AI demand is not the weak part of the story. The weak point is the bill attached to it. Memory, power, debt,...

AI Demand Was Real, But the Bottlenecks Got Real Too (Week of 2026-08-22 to 2026-08-28)

August 29, 2026

Editor's Note This week made the AI buildout feel less like a story and more like a physical supply chain. Nvidia delivered huge growth, IREN showed how fast...

Nvidia’s Growth Is Huge. So Is the Competition.

August 27, 2026

Nvidia’s quarterly sales more than doubled. But OpenAI’s custom inference chip was reported to beat Nvidia’s Blackwell on power efficiency and latency....

Debt, Tariffs and AI Face a Big Test

August 26, 2026

Gold has risen for five straight weeks. Bitcoin touched $80,000. Federal government debt has exceeded $40 trillion. Investors are looking for protection from...

The AI Moat Is Moving From Chips to Capital (Week of 2026-08-15 to 2026-08-21)

August 22, 2026

Editor's Note AI demand became more tangible this week, expressed through long-term contracts, power commitments, custom silicon partnerships, and financing...

AI Infrastructure Meets the Cost of Capital (Week of 2026-08-08 to 2026-08-14)

August 15, 2026

Editor's Note AI demand moved from an industry forecast to a contracting, pricing, and financing story. Compute capacity is increasingly being presented as...