Lightspeed's Amber Yang Calls for Startups to Build the "Standard Oil of Compute"
theamberyang · x · 2026-10-24
Lightspeed partner Amber Yang is openly soliciting startup pitches on connecting land, power, data center development, and AI companies buying compute. She argues the process is "completely disconnected" and opaque today, and draws a parallel to early oil suppliers who got rich before Standard Oil consolidated the industry and drove many bankrupt.
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