Topic
Private Markets
A collection of 29 issues
On the Long and Costly Road from GenAI to AGI
I read this week that equity strategists are now vigorously debating the market potential of genAI. It's about time. Universal acclamation is always suspect, just as rational debate is always welcome.
As it stands, genAI is performing parlor tricks, especially on Elon Musk’s X, where Grok (from
How Information Technology Turbocharged Globalization, and Why It's Being Asked to Retreat
Technology, particularly information technology, played an integral role in facilitating the rise of globalization during the last part of the 20th century and the first decade or so of this century. Globalization, of course, existed before the rise of modern information technology, but there's no question that IT
Constrained Energy Supply Sets Limits on Thirst of GenAI Datacenters
Reviewing Some Stuff I Couldn’t Think About
Young VCs Air Grievances on the Unfairground
In Tribute to (Perhaps Misplaced) Tech Nostalgia
More than AI Recalibration Behind Layoffs at Google and Microsoft
I promised yesterday that I would deliver this post today. That's one promise kept. If somebody let you down today, it wasn't me.
Back in the sepia-toned days of my early career – when I wore a zoot suit, a skinny tie, and a gangsterish fedora on