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AI picks-and-shovels in semiconductor supply chain
The speakers argued there are significant opportunities in lesser-known, tier 2-10 semiconductor vendors and suppliers that are essential to the AI build-out.
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CONTESTED · 489 MENTIONS · 275 EPISODES · 53 SHOWS
1 AUG 2025 — 16 AUG 2026 · 2D AGO
344 SUPPORT · 5 CHALLENGE · 140 MENTIONED
- GOLDMAN SACHS EXCHANGES: THE MARKETS · 2 MENTIONS
53 EPISODES BETWEEN · 119 MENTIONS · 215 NOT KEPT
- 215 EPISODES NOT SHOWN
- BLOOMBERG SURVEILLANCE
- WHAT BITCOIN DID · 4 MENTIONS
- REAL VISION DAILY BRIEFING
- WEALTHION - BE FINANCIALLY RESILIENT
- WEALTHION - BE FINANCIALLY RESILIENT
- MOTLEY FOOL MONEY
- THE DIVIDEND CAFE
- THE OPTIONS INSIDER RADIO NETWORK · 2 MENTIONS
- BLOOMBERG SURVEILLANCE
- MONETARY MATTERS WITH JACK FARLEY
- PROF G MARKETS
- BLOOMBERG SURVEILLANCE · 7 MENTIONS
- THOUGHTFUL MONEY · 4 MENTIONS
- BLOOMBERG SURVEILLANCE
- WHAT BITCOIN DID
- THE POMP PODCAST · 2 MENTIONS
- GOLDMAN SACHS EXCHANGES · 5 MENTIONS
- THE OPTIONS INSIDER RADIO NETWORK
- THE TWENTY MINUTE VC · 3 MENTIONS
- EXCESS RETURNS · 4 MENTIONS
- MACROVOICES · 2 MENTIONS
- BLOOMBERG SURVEILLANCE
- THE DERIVATIVE
- GOLDMAN SACHS EXCHANGES
- GOLDMAN SACHS EXCHANGES: THE MARKETS · 4 MENTIONS
- FORWARD GUIDANCE · 4 MENTIONS
- PROF G MARKETS · 10 MENTIONS
- AI unit economics lack economies of scale
- Crossholdings compromise Big Tech valuation metrics
- Scalable AI is low-margin, mass market
- AI market anxiety not permanently priced in
- Big Tech's shift to capital-intensive manufacturing
- Mag 7 insulated by strong balance sheets
- Lesser AI companies face debt-driven failure
- Leasing compute signals AI demand overestimation
- China's low-cost LLMs as a disruptive threat
- Parallels to dot-com bubble correction
- THE COMPOUND AND FRIENDS
- BLOOMBERG SURVEILLANCE
- BLOOMBERG SURVEILLANCE
- BARRON'S STREETWISE
- MONETARY MATTERS WITH JACK FARLEY · 5 MENTIONS
- ALL-IN WITH CHAMATH, JASON, SACKS & FRIEDBERG · 2 MENTIONS
- THE POMP PODCAST · 2 MENTIONS
- THE TWENTY MINUTE VC
- EURODOLLAR UNIVERSITY
- THOUGHTFUL MONEY · 3 MENTIONS
- THE TWENTY MINUTE VC · 2 MENTIONS
- PROF G MARKETS · 4 MENTIONS
- BLOOMBERG SURVEILLANCE
- REAL VISION DAILY BRIEFING
- MOTLEY FOOL MONEY · 3 MENTIONS
- THE JULIA LA ROCHE SHOW · 3 MENTIONS
- BLOOMBERG SURVEILLANCE
- THOUGHTFUL MONEY · 2 MENTIONS
- EXCESS RETURNS · 6 MENTIONS
- BLOOMBERG SURVEILLANCE · 2 MENTIONS
- THE COMPOUND AND FRIENDS
- TOP TRADERS UNPLUGGED · 4 MENTIONS
- ANIMAL SPIRITS
- BLOOMBERG SURVEILLANCE
- MOTLEY FOOL MONEY
- BLOOMBERG SURVEILLANCE · 2 MENTIONS
- BLOOMBERG SURVEILLANCE
- MASTERS IN BUSINESS
- PLANET MICROCAP PODCAST · 2 MENTIONS
- AI picks-and-shovels in semiconductor supply chain · THIS IDEA
- Energy demand underestimated by orders of magnitude
- THE JULIA LA ROCHE SHOW
- THE POMP PODCAST
- MONETARY MATTERS WITH JACK FARLEY · 6 MENTIONS
HOW THE SHOWS HAVE DISCUSSED THIS THESIS OVER TIME · NOT A PERFORMANCE RECORD