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May 31, 2026
Anthropic just rented Musk's supercomputer
The Colossus cluster just went multi-tenant
May 31, 2026
1.6T Optics: The AI Bottleneck Breaker
Hyperscalers race to deploy 1.6T in Q3 2026
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18-Month Lead Time Is AI's Real Bottleneck
5 colos, same JD, supply war — not tech race
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AI ASICs: Two Fronts, One Missing Moat
Who actually breaks Nvidia's margin?
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CPO Is Shipping. The Skills Aren't.
Three roles no one has enough people for
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Where ASIC Money Hires: The Packaging Seam
Three programs, one scarce talent pool
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Where AI networking silicon is hiring
SerDes, switch ASIC, DSP: career radar
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Anchor Customers Sort the AI ASIC Field
MI450, Trainium, Groq: who has buyers
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Gigawatt JVs and 9-month shells: a silicon read
Where money meets megawatts for chips