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NVIDIA + Groq and the Quiet Repricing of Compute
Every major technology cycle has a moment where value migrates silently—long before it becomes consensus. In AI, that moment is now. NVIDIA’s reported ~$20B strategic integration with Groq is not a conventional acquisition. It is a structural repositioning around what has quietly become the most constrained variable in AI economics: inference latency. This move does not signal a retreat from training dominance. It signals recognition that the next phase of AI value creation w

Rich Washburn
Dec 28, 20253 min read


Race for Compute: How GPT‑5 Is Fueling a New Infrastructure Arms Race
Multimodal AI, autonomous agents, and trillion-parameter models are coming—and enterprise demand for high-capacity GPUs is outpacing...

Rich Washburn
Jun 17, 20253 min read


Tariff Shockwaves: Trump’s Middle-Class Tax Gambit and the New Investment Frontier
President Trump’s proposed income-tax elimination for Americans earning under $200,000 signals a structural pivot in U.S. economic...
KNS Partners
Apr 28, 20253 min read


Provoked Power Plays: Navigating the 2025 Chip Squeeze
The global semiconductor supply chain is under renewed strain as geopolitical tensions, monetary shifts and surging demand converge to...

Rich Washburn
Apr 26, 20253 min read
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