Aspiring for Intelligence

Own the Data Loop

The real AI moat isn't the model or the harness, but the data flywheel you build on both

Jul 10 • Sabrina Albert and Vivek Ramaswami

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June 2026

Frontier No More?

Five compounding forces are challenging the centrality of frontier models. Are we at the end of the "model dominance" era?

Jun 18 • Vivek Ramaswami, Sabrina Albert, and Caleb Bushner

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Your Vendor Is Your Competitor

Why the frontier labs are aggressively adding services arms and what that means

Jun 5 • Vivek Ramaswami and Sabrina Albert

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May 2026

Remembering S. "Soma" Somasegar

1966 – 2026. A tech titan, a wise mentor, a partner, and our friend.

May 22 • Sabrina Albert and Vivek Ramaswami

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The Vibe Coding Hangover

In a world where anyone can ship anything, product taste and design craft becomes the moat that matter

May 8 • Sabrina Albert and Vivek Ramaswami

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April 2026

From Scarcity To Abundance

What does the world look like when we are no longer compute constrained?

Apr 24 • Vivek Ramaswami and Sabrina Albert

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The Price of Tokenmaxxing

Claude’s explosive growth and the real cost of intelligence

Apr 10 • Sabrina Albert and Vivek Ramaswami

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March 2026

When AI Goes On The Offense

AI red teaming and offensive security is having its moment, and just getting started

Mar 27 • Vivek Ramaswami and Sabrina Albert

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AI Won’t Replace Innovation

Why frontier models will expand opportunity and where and how startups will win

Mar 13 • Sabrina Albert and Vivek Ramaswami

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February 2026

Betty Crocker, AI, and Doing The Work

What a cake mix from the 1950s can tell us about AI adoption

Feb 27 • Vivek Ramaswami

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The Price Is Wrong

What the great divergence in public SaaS and private AI tells us about what's happening in the markets

Feb 13 • Sabrina Albert and Vivek Ramaswami

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January 2026

Traditional AdTech is Dead. Long Live AdTech For AI 📣

The rebirth of advertisements and AdTech in the age of AI

Jan 30 • Vivek Ramaswami and Sabrina Albert

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