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The Strange Capitalism of AI
AI’s frontier is becoming more governed and expensive in the West, even as China and open-weight models commoditize intelligence, lower prices and force competition back into the market.

Thinking about value capture, pricing, margins, and the shape of markets.
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AI’s frontier is becoming more governed and expensive in the West, even as China and open-weight models commoditize intelligence, lower prices and force competition back into the market.

AI does not just make markets bigger; it compresses the margins that once protected incumbents.

AI's real power is not shaving costs off old businesses. It is inventing new ones that were impossible when intelligence was scarce.
