Compute Crunch Core: Money Can't Buy Available GPU
mhdempsey · x · 2026-08-21
Clarifying the compute discussion, the author notes that the core issue isn't that teams can't afford compute. Rather, they have enormous money to spend, but there simply isn't available compute to buy.
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