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gabe cunningham retweeted
This is basically true. China dominates mfg equipment even more than modules/cells/etc.
@SwiftSolarPV can help! Swift is one of the few Western companies that can make advanced cell production equipment. Our eng team (including core Meyer Burger) is incredible
Going to be much more difficult to build a domestic solar manufacturing industry in the US if this goes through.
China proposes export controls on solar-manufacturing technologies reuters.com/business/autos-tā¦
oddly nostalgic week revisiting
foursquare & sxsw launch waves, cdixon.org & hardware, caring about the internet
gabe cunningham retweeted
The Washington Wizards are above .500 for the first time since November 28, 2022.
gabe cunningham retweeted
Foursquare was acquired last month. The outcome was disappointing. It's taken me a while to write this, but I think I'm finally done grieving it. Here are some thoughts on our final years, an effort to honor the team who helped build & maintain FSQ's legacy, and my attempt to finally get some closure. teendrama.substack.com/p/somā¦
gabe cunningham retweeted
Few people know about Apple's acquisition of Palo Alto Semi in 2008, arguably the highest ROI acquisition in tech history.
The $278M price for ~150 engineers laid the foundation for all the Apple Silicon chips you see today that have generated over $500B+ in value to Apple.
1/5
TSMC doesnāt just make chips. It manufactures its customers.
New essay. Abstract Warfare: How TSMC Made Its Own Market
kwokchain.com/2026/10/09/absā¦
The AI buildout in one chart: Big Tech's profits have become chipmakers' profits.
Approximate free cash flow, from 2022 to today:
- Hyperscalers: $275B ā $0
- Semiconductors: $50B ā $400B
More charts in State of Markets II: a16z.news/p/state-of-marketsā¦
Introducing our State of Markets pt 2, along with a companion podcast where we unpack the data and discuss what comes next.
Tech is the everything cycle.
Supply: putting the buildout in context, just passed railroads as % of GDP. The wisdom of Elon is real: the factory (or the datacenter!) is the product.
Demand: diffusion is so, so early. Median AI vendor spending in the top 1% of companies is 8x that of the top 10%. Only about 30% of S&P 500 companies report a quantified AI impact, which means thereās a substantial opportunity in connecting models to a company's data and workflows. Diffusion into companies is one of the main themes of the next 5 years.
Weāre entering the agent work period. Only a few million users today, but applicable to billions of internet users with massive surplus created. META/GOOG monetize US users at $200+ per year today. Agent opportunity is much higher.
Mega-trends the next 5 years: Consumer agents, Robotics, Autonomy, AI x bio, Personal health, Diffusion into enterprise, New era of American Dynamism.
Much more in our SoM report here - a16z.news/p/state-of-marketsā¦
@a16z @sarahdingwang @aleximm @santiago__rdz
āwe really havenāt had one of those since the original silicon revolution of the 60s and 70s.ā @gradypb
letās run it back (*silicon* valley)
The @BostonCollege Investment Committee (an LP and my beloved alma mater) asked for a few thoughts on what's happening in AI. I recorded a test run yesterday morning and then shared it with my partners, who encouraged me to share it more broadly... so here you go!
This is not a sales pitch, it's just a reflection on what we're seeing. And it wasn't intended to be shared, so please pardon the rough edges.
loom.com/share/c016702964a04ā¦
joel š«¶
The US has one last chance to get back in the solar game, and it all revolves around perovskites. We get into the history of the solar industry and why the US might be able to mount a comeback against China . . . or not on this week's pod with solar big brain @joeljean9
corememory.com/p/swift-solarā¦

























