2026
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Nvidia Earnings, The AI Stack, Nvidia’s New Reporting
Nvidia is changing its reporting to delineate between hyperscaler sales — where Nvidia is fighting commoditization — and everyone else, where Nvidia runs the whole stack.
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2026.21: The Data Center Veto
The best Stratechery content from the week of May 18, 2026, including data center discontent, agent economics, and slime mold.
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Google I/O, World Models, I/O Spaghetti
Google I/O put AI everywhere, for better and for worse. Meanwhile, is DeepMind aligned with Google’s business objectives?
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2026.20: Shifting Alliances in a Changing World
The best Stratechery content from the week of May 11, 2026, including a new kind of computing, Elon Musk, and 360 degrees of US-China relations.
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The Deployment Company, Back to the 70s, Apple and Intel
OpenAI is forming a new company to deploy AI, and the other labs aren’t far behind, reinforcing the thesis that AI’s impact will require top-down implementation. Then, Apple has economic reasons to work with Intel.
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SpaceX and Anthropic, xAI’s Two Companies, Elon Musk and SpaceXAI’s Future
The Anthropic xAI deal is shocking but not surprising: Musk should double down on serving other companies.
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The Inference Shift
Agentic inference is going to be different than the inference we use today, and it will change compute infrastructure because speed won’t matter when humans aren’t involved.