Developer Insight: Pivot from Agentic Payments to Compute Loansharking
arthurcolle · x · 2026-08-05
A developer shared a sharp insight into AI business models: rather than building payments for agents, founders should pivot to 'compute loansharking.' This suggests that in the evolving AI ecosystem, compute resources might offer better leverage and more deterministic demand than traditional financial rails.
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