The Efficiency Paradigm
AI compute demand is underestimated by 2-3 orders of magnitude. John's personal spend went from $50-70/month to Max 20x. Token spending at $500-$1000/day is the new normal for power users. GPU rental up 40% ($1.70→$2.35/hr for H100). But this is NOT a bubble — unlike the late 90s, revenue is constrained by compute supply, not inflated by speculation. Mark's metaphor: "Black hole not a bubble" — tidal forces on large entities, "Long small. Short big." The group-drive problem (
No directional call — this basket is the thesis’s instrument panel.
| Instrument | Price | Today | Since published | vs SPY | 90d |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NVDANVIDIA | 217.23 | -1.8% | +22.3% | +5.2pp | — |
| SPYS&P 500 — benchmark | 771.77 | +0.3% | +17.1% | — | — |
| Basket: The moat test: efficiency vs scale plays out through NVDA | |||||
Recent evidence 357 signals filed
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2 theses are currently moving against us — Microsoft Has Lost the Plot, +44.7% since published; The SaaS Apocalypse, +56.5% since published. They stay on the board. We update priors on evidence, not on evidence we went looking for.