Whether bullish or bearish on labs, data and compute are key
JohnnyNi13 · x · 2026-08-23
SeanZCai shares a perspective: regardless of whether you are bullish or bearish on AI labs, you should focus on data and compute. These are the fundamentals; the only things that change are your customers and the amount of synthetic data you work on.
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