The AI buildout is accelerating in 2026, and we see it is getting difficult to track what is being deployed, by whom, for what usage, with what financing, and the underlying or prospective business model. As GTC approaches, we will try to address all these questions in a series of one-sliders. We kick things off with the baseline: Who builds what, for whom? Enjoy, and stay tuned for the rest of the series.
What you need to know: • Precious metals recovered through February, with gold climbing back and silver stabilizing in the $90s following January’s late-month pullback, with all major metals remaining meaningfully higher on an LTM basis. • Mining equities significantly outperformed underlying metals, with the GDX (+23.0%), GDXJ (+25.7%), SILJ (+25.3%), and COPX (+12.9%), while the TSX delivered a standout +7.6% vs. the S&P 500’s -0.7%. • Critical minerals policy took a major step forward as th...
Rapidus: Reportedly secures ¥167.6B ($1.1B) private funding; 60 clients reportedly in talks with 10 receiving initial quotesView: Japan’s Rapidus has reportedly secured these private funds, which add to the ¥100B in government investment in Rapidus this year.The Japanese startup is targeting mass p
The Citrini report is an interesting thought experiment. It qualifies fully as neo-marxist, calling for the tendency of profit rates to fall. Like Marx 165 years ago, the authors are nevertheless getting a couple of things wrong. Click the link below for our thoughts and our perspective on the matter.
Four Directors at Barrick Mining Corp sold after exercising options/sold 189,254 shares at 67.010CAD. The significance rating of the trade was 75/100. Is that information sufficient for you to make an investment decision? This report gives details of those trades and adds context and analysis to them such that you can judge whether these trading decisions are ones worth following. Included in the report is a detailed share price chart which plots discretionary trades by all the company's direc...
Today, we are publishing the Ride-sharing and delivery section of our 30th Tech Infrastructure Quarterly Bible. The Tech Bible is a must-read for any tech investor, as it summarizes the quarterly earnings reports from the over 140 companies we track, providing an update on our key perspectives and convictions. In the coming weeks we will publish sections on Smartphones, Automotive, Memory, Hyperscale & Cloud, Telecom Equipment, Industrials, PCs, Enterprise IT, Foundry, and Semicap Equipment. Ri...
And, the only downside to the deal in our view are the economics with GMs below corporate average and warrants being granted to Meta (similar to the OpenAI deal) though we'd also note that the warrant grants are predicated in part on AMD's stock performance (as well as Meta purchases).China, Foundry
Valuation Compression is Disconnected from Forward Earnings Risk. The magnitude of multiple contractions implies structural revenue impairment. Yet there is no evidence of customer churn acceleration, budget freezes, or competitive displacement in reported results The market is reacting to demo ris
Axelera AI, Accelerator, Edge: $250M raiseView: Axelera AI has raised an additional $250M (we believe in a Series C round) with participating investors in the latest financing including Blackrock. Axelera's chips are designed for inference, particularly at the edge. The designs appear to built on 1
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