Investor: The Current AI Boom Would Not Have Been Possible Without Crypto
davidyin44 · x · 2026-07-31
Investor Haseeb Qureshi argues an interesting perspective: without the crypto industry, the current AI boom would have been impossible.
He outlines three core reasons:
- Data Center Infrastructure: Bitcoin miners spent a decade building knowhow around power, sites, and scale in remote locations, paving the way for today's data center buildout.
- Hardware Transition: Crypto mining acted as a bridge, allowing Nvidia to move beyond gaming into specialized compute.
- Cloud Talent: The biggest neoclouds today—such as CoreWeave, Crusoe, Together AI, and Nscale—are almost all driven by ex-crypto talent.
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