It’s a wake up and smell the coffee sort of morning in the AI markets. AI is here to stay. Everyone is using it. Why are prices tanking? It’s about competition, adoption and data sovereignty. Maybe it’s time for a rethink? How did it get so huge so fast? That’s a question about overly cheap liquidity and speculation, which is why Tesla’s numbers are so interesting.
Markets can’t wait for the Iran war to end – so they can get back to speculating trillions on the AI revolution. The hyperscalers expect to reap monopoly scale rents from owning AI closed-weight models and the digital infrastructure of datacentres and chips. But what if households can build their own AI capabilities cheaper and more effectively? Pop!
Did someone say Century Bond? What’s not to like about the bond market? Rates are going to fall! Everyone wants to buy credit (at historically tight spreads) and the biggest most successful firms on the planet are paying 70 cents over Treasuries for your money! What could possibly go wrong?





