The AI timescale lasagna: unpacking the timeline tensions as AI deploys into the economy
_AustinCalvert_ · x · 2026-10-04
Investor Nick Grossman published "The AI timescale lasagna," examining the tension between speed and time in the current AI deployment moment. He takes as a firm assumption that AI will deploy faster than any previous technology wave.
The piece frames the moment as a lasagna of mismatched timescales: tech evolves in months while enterprise adoption, organizational change, regulation, and infrastructure investment move in years — and the gap between those layers is where today's anxiety and opportunity live.
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