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14:01
Apr 15
RKLB AMZN GSAT LUNR PL
Ejaaz Ahamadeen Co-Host, Limitless Podcast (Bankless) HIGH
Rocket Lab is a cheaper SpaceX alternative.
Rocket Lab is the second most active launch provider globally, valued at $40 billion, with a reusable rocket (Neutron) in development. It has grown 7x since IPO and is a viable, focused alternative to SpaceX for investors who find SpaceX's valuation too high.
RKLB LONG
Ejaaz Ahamadeen Co-Host, Limitless Podcast (Bankless) MED
Amazon expands into space with Global Star.
Amazon is more than an e-commerce company; it is expanding into space by acquiring Global Star for $11.6 billion and has signed a deal with Apple to become the primary satellite provider for iPhone and Apple Watch. This move complements Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin and positions Amazon in the satellite broadband race, though it lags behind Starlink in scale.
AMZN LONG GSAT LONG
Josh Kale Co-Host, Limitless Podcast (Bankless) HIGH
Intuitive Machines leads lunar infrastructure.
Intuitive Machines (ticker LUNR) is the first private company to land on the moon and has a $5 billion contract to build space communications between Earth and the Moon for future settlements. It is a frontrunner in lunar infrastructure as NASA commits $20 billion to a permanent moon base.
LUNR LONG
Josh Kale Co-Host, Limitless Podcast (Bankless) MED
Satellite imagery companies have real revenue.
Satellite imagery is a real business with recurring revenue from governments, militaries, insurers, and commercial clients. Planet Labs is the largest Earth observation satellite fleet, providing daily images of the entire land mass of Earth, and is joined by Satellogic and Black Sky Technology as the big three in this space.
PL LONG SATL LONG BKSY LONG
Ejaaz Ahamadeen Co-Host, Limitless Podcast (Bankless) HIGH
SpaceX IPO is largest ever, a must-watch.
SpaceX has filed a confidential IPO at a $1.75 trillion valuation, the largest IPO ever, expected around June. Elon Musk has made strategic moves to merge X, XAI, and NX to make this a necessity, and the company is raising $75 billion to fund future launches.
SPACEX WATCH
Josh Kale Co-Host, Limitless Podcast (Bankless) MED
Blue Origin is a private space leader.
Blue Origin is Jeff Bezos' private space company, which is the second farthest along in developing large spacecraft (New Glenn rocket) and has access to Amazon's infrastructure and Bezos' capital. It is a key player to watch in the space race.
Blue Origin WATCH
Ejaaz Ahamadeen Co-Host, Limitless Podcast (Bankless) HIGH
ARK Space ETF diversifies space investments.
The ARK Space Exploration ETF by Cathie Wood provides diversified exposure to space companies, including defense systems, Rocket Lab, and communications. It is a good option for investors who don't want to pick individual stocks and want a basket of top companies across various space categories.
ARKX LONG
14:00
Apr 14
AAPL META GOOG
Ejaaz Ahamadeen Co-Host, Limitless Podcast (Bankless) HIGH
Apple's supply chain and ecosystem give it an AI glasses edge.
Apple has the best shot at building the best AI hardware and winning in the AI glasses market due to its in-house manufacturing, supply chain dominance (including securing components and TSMC capacity), distribution moat (3 billion devices), ecosystem integration, and a three-pronged AI hardware strategy (glasses, AirPods with cameras, and a pendant/puck). This integrated approach and hardware expertise will allow Apple to 'cook meta' and deliver a superior product.
AAPL LONG
Josh Kale Co-Host, Limitless Podcast (Bankless) MED
Meta's hardware and software limitations make it a likely loser.
Meta is currently the market leader in smart glasses (Ray-Ban partnership, 10M+ units sold) but is likely to fail in the long-term platform war because it lacks a software ecosystem/operating system and its hardware is unrefined, with public demo failures. As a social media company, it is at odds with its core competency, and its hardware does not match the design and UX prowess of Apple.
META AVOID
Josh Kale Co-Host, Limitless Podcast (Bankless) MED
Google's Android and partnerships position it to win.
Google, through its Android investment and new approach (Android XR, partnerships with Samsung, etc.), is one of the two players (along with Apple) that can win the AI glasses platform war. Its glasses look sleeker and slimmer than competitors', and it has the software expertise to potentially build an AI-first operating system, positioning it as a strong contender.
GOOG WATCH
14:19
Apr 10
OPENAI META INTC ANTHROPIC XLK
Ejaaz Ahamadeen Co-Host, Limitless Podcast (Bankless) short-term
OpenAI is rumored to be preparing a new, highly capable model ("Spud") potentially focused on cybersecurity, following Anthropic's pattern of limiting release for powerful models. If true, this indicates OpenAI is close to or at parity with Anthropic's top-tier capabilities (Mythos), and the decision to withhold release raises questions about centralized control and the pacing of dangerous capability rollouts. WATCH for the official model release and its specified capabilities, as it will recalibrate the competitive landscape and the policy debate around AGI-level model deployment. The rumor is inaccurate, or the model's release is significantly delayed or its capabilities are overstated.
OPENAI WATCH
Ejaaz Ahamadeen Co-Host, Limitless Podcast (Bankless) long-term
Meta's Muse Spark AI model has a unique distribution advantage to over 3B users and excels in visual reasoning/multimodality, while a parallel project (Tribe V2) researches brain scan data for engagement prediction. This combination of unprecedented personal data access and potential neurological insight could enable a dominant "Personal AGI" or hyper-optimized content algorithm that competitors cannot replicate. WATCH due to high strategic potential and first-mover data advantage, but model currently underperforms key benchmarks and the ethical/practical merger of these technologies is unproven. Regulatory backlash, failure to successfully integrate the technologies, or user rejection of hyper-personalized AI.
META WATCH
Ejaaz Ahamadeen Co-Host, Limitless Podcast (Bankless) long-term
SpaceX AI partnered with Intel for its TerraFab chip manufacturing project, citing Intel's US-based fabrication and capability with radiation-hardening materials like gallium nitride. TerraFab is an ambitious project for space-based compute, and Intel is strategically positioned as the key American supplier for geopolitically sensitive, space-grade AI chips, securing a major high-profile contract. LONG due to strategic positioning in a critical, forward-looking supply chain for AI and space technology, moving beyond traditional PC/CPU markets. TerraFab project faces delays, technical failures, or SpaceX alters its manufacturing strategy.
INTC LONG
Josh Kale Co-Host, Limitless Podcast (Bankless) short-term to medium-term
Anthropic's reported $30B ARR uses GAAP-compliant accounting that books 100% of cloud partner resale revenue and marks the ~80% partner share as a marketing expense, unlike OpenAI's method. This makes Anthropic's topline revenue appear artificially inflated and not directly comparable to peers, misleading investors and observers about its true scale and efficiency. AVOID making investment or competitive assessments based on the headline ARR number, as it presents a distorted view of the company's underlying business. Increased scrutiny leads to accounting standard changes or the market corrects its valuation perception.
ANTHROPIC AVOID
Josh Kale Co-Host, Limitless Podcast (Bankless) medium-term
Building large-scale AI data centers is facing significant hurdles: Project Stargate stalled, and there is rising public opposition (e.g., violence against planners) and regulatory/energy challenges. These headwinds increase costs, create delays, and add uncertainty to the infrastructure buildout required for the next generation of AI models, impacting companies reliant on massive new data center capacity. AVOID or be cautious of businesses with models predicated on the rapid, unconstrained expansion of domestic and international data center capacity. Technological breakthroughs in efficient compute or energy mitigate these constraints, or public sentiment shifts.
XLK AVOID
14:40
Apr 07
ANTHROPIC OPENAI
Ejaaz Ahamadeen Co-Host, Limitless Podcast (Bankless) Medium-term.
The speaker states Anthropic has taken a 73% market dominance in first-time enterprise usage and leads in retail user growth (~1M signups/day), flipping the previous dynamic where OpenAI was dominant. Anthropic's success in enterprise and coding (Claude Opus 4.6) and its cohesive "super app" experience have made it OpenAI's primary competitor, puncturing the perception that "ChatGPT was AI." The direction is WATCH because Anthropic represents the key competitive threat and benchmark for OpenAI. Its current momentum and product strengths make it a critical factor in evaluating the AI landscape, especially ahead of its own potential IPO. OpenAI's Spud model is a major leap that negates Anthropic's advantages, or Anthropic fails to expand beyond its text/chat strengths into multimodal AI.
ANTHROPIC WATCH
Josh Kale Co-Host, Limitless Podcast (Bankless) Medium-term (weeks to months, around model launch and IPO).
The speaker argues OpenAI's pivot (killing Sora, focusing compute on Spud, building a super app) is working and will reverse negative narratives. He is "bullish on OpenAI as a company, bullish on the roadmap" and believes doubters will be "sadly mistaken." The upcoming "Spud" model represents two years of research, with leaked image-generation capabilities showing a massive quality leap. Successful launch would demonstrate OpenAI's technical edge, especially against Anthropic's lack of multimodal capabilities, and validate its strategy and IPO potential. The implied direction is LONG based on the expectation of a fundamental turnaround, product superiority, and a catalytic model release that could drive sentiment and valuation. Spud fails to meet expectations, execution issues (data center buildouts, capital deployment) persist, or internal leadership turmoil derails the strategy.
OPENAI LONG
17:03
Apr 02
SPACEX
Ejaaz Ahamadeen Co-Host, Limitless Podcast (Bankless) Long-term
Speaker stated "this entire mission should just have been handled and managed by SpaceX" and that future lunar landings and settlement "is going to be enabled by SpaceX." SpaceX's Starship rocket is presented as dramatically superior in cost ($10M vs. $4.1B per launch), size, payload capacity, reusability, and modern design. This efficiency is deemed critical for sustainable lunar colonization. SpaceX possesses the technological and economic edge to dominate the next phase of space exploration and lunar settlement, making it the primary beneficiary of renewed space ambitions. Catastrophic failure of Starship development or launch; significant delays in achieving reliable reusability.
SPACEX LONG
10:30
Mar 31
PANW CRWD
Ejaaz Ahamadeen Co-Host, Limitless Podcast (Bankless) short-term
The speaker explicitly stated that CrowdStrike and Palo Alto Networks stock prices dropped ("were down a couple billion") on the news of Anthropic's Claude Mythos leak and its advanced cybersecurity capabilities. Advanced AI models like Claude Mythos represent an existential technological threat to traditional cybersecurity firms by automating the discovery and exploitation of vulnerabilities at a superhuman scale and speed, potentially disrupting their core value proposition. The market's negative reaction and the recurring pattern ("happening seemingly on a monthly basis") suggest these stocks are vulnerable to de-risking as AI capabilities advance, making them an area to avoid in the near term. The immediate commercial rollout of such powerful, compute-intensive AI models may be slow, giving incumbents time to adapt or integrate the technology themselves.
PANW AVOID CRWD AVOID
10:30
Mar 27
GOOG OPENAI SPACEX
Ejaaz Ahamadeen Co-Host, Limitless Podcast (Bankless) medium-term
Ejaaz stated that Google's TurboQuant algorithm is "very bullish Google stock" and he "bought a bunch more when this came out." TurboQuant enhances AI efficiency, reducing memory needs and costs, which may accelerate AI adoption and solidify Google's leadership in AI research and infrastructure. LONG because Google's innovation drives AI growth and positions it for long-term gains. Delays in scaling the technology or competitive responses from other tech giants.
GOOG LONG
Ejaaz Ahamadeen Co-Host, Limitless Podcast (Bankless) medium-term
Ejaaz said he is "bullish OpenAI after all of this" following the pivot to AGI deployment and world models. OpenAI is refocusing on core areas like LLMs, coding AI, and robotics after shutting down distractions like Sora, which could improve execution and competitiveness. LONG because strategic focus may lead to breakthrough products and market leadership in AGI. Continued lack of focus, cash burn, or strong competition from focused rivals like Anthropic.
OPENAI LONG
Josh Kale Co-Host, Limitless Podcast (Bankless) short-term
Josh said he "currently own[s] SpaceX, the only private company I own" and is "ready to buy more" in the upcoming IPO. SpaceX is rumored to file for a massive IPO soon, with a potential $2+ trillion valuation and ambitious projects like AI chip factories in space, indicating high growth potential. LONG due to SpaceX's dominant position in space technology and expected market expansion. IPO delays, regulatory hurdles, or execution challenges in new projects.
SPACEX LONG
13:00
Mar 20
TSLA FIGMA RIVN
Ejaaz Ahamadeen Co-Host, Limitless Podcast (Bankless) long-term
The speaker states, "My chips are still with Tesla," citing Tesla's vertical integration and execution ability as superior to the partnership model of Uber, Rivian, and Nvidia. In the context of autonomous EV taxis, a single, vertically integrated company with control over its supply chain and software is presented as a more competitive and scalable model than a consortium of separate partners. Tesla is positioned as the favored incumbent in the autonomy/EV space due to its integrated approach and proven scaling capability, which contrasts with the challenged execution of rivals like Rivian. Competitors may successfully execute their partnership model, or Tesla may face its own operational or regulatory setbacks.
TSLA LONG
Josh Kale Co-Host, Limitless Podcast (Bankless) short-term
Google's release of the AI design tool 'Stitch' caused Figma's stock to drop 9% in one day, wiping ~$2 billion from its market cap. Stitch allows non-designers to create production-ready websites and prototypes from simple inputs like sketches. Stitch dramatically lowers the skill barrier for graphic and UI design, directly competing with Figma's core value proposition and threatening its user base and pricing power. Figma is vulnerable to rapid feature-level disruption from larger tech companies with advanced AI capabilities, making its current business model and valuation risky. Figma could innovate, improve its own AI features, or be acquired, mitigating the competitive threat.
FIGMA SHORT
Josh Kale Co-Host, Limitless Podcast (Bankless) medium-term
Rivian lost $3.6B last year on 42,000 deliveries, equating to $86,000 of value destroyed per vehicle. Its new partnership with Uber for 50,000 robotaxis by 2031 lacks a vehicle design, factory, autonomy software, or clear timeline. The company's fundamental economics are unsound, and its ambitious autonomy partnership appears strategically unrealistic given its lack of scale, expertise, and comparable inefficiency versus focused competitors. Rivian's business model is unsustainable without continuous external subsidization, and its new strategic initiative highlights execution risk rather than a viable path to profitability. A new major investor or partner could provide a longer lifeline, or technology breakthroughs could unexpectedly accelerate its timeline.
RIVN SHORT
18:25
Mar 17
TSLA NVDA
Ejaaz Ahamadeen Co-Host, Limitless Podcast (Bankless) medium-term
The speaker stated that NVIDIA's FSD partnership with major automakers like BYD is "real competition against Tesla," but also argued that NVIDIA's model has "a lot more friction" as it's an add-on solution versus Tesla's integrated stack. While acknowledging the competitive threat, the speaker implies Tesla's integrated approach (owning manufacturing, software, and having a massive deployed fleet) presents a significant moat and execution advantage that makes NVIDIA's non-integrated partner model less directly threatening in the near term. For Tesla investors, the NVIDIA news is not a primary reason to be nervous; the more significant risks remain in Tesla's own execution on the "march of nines" for FSD reliability and legislation. The inference is that capital is better deployed elsewhere amidst this competitive dynamic. Tesla fails to achieve its own FSD software milestones or loses its manufacturing/vertical integration cost advantage, making partner-based solutions more attractive.
TSLA AVOID
Josh Kale Co-Host, Limitless Podcast (Bankless) long-term
The speaker opened by stating Jensen Huang revealed a $1 trillion expected order book through 2027, doubling the prior forecast, and spent the presentation arguing this figure is conservative. This massive order growth is underpinned by a 10x performance-per-watt leap with the Vera Rubin platform, a clear 18-month roadmap (Feynman already teased), and expansion into new verticals like full self-driving and space data centers, which collectively lock in continued exponential spending. The technological lead is widening, the addressable market is expanding, and the financial forecast is accelerating, creating a powerful bullish thesis for the core business. Execution risk in manufacturing and deploying radically new chip architectures (Vera Rubin) at scale, or a macroeconomic downturn that curtails capital expenditure from cloud and AI companies.
NVDA LONG
18:14
Mar 16
FVRR UPWK TTEC MSFT GOOGL
Ejaaz Ahamadeen Co-Host, Limitless Podcast (Bankless) medium-term
Graphic designers, data scientists... customer service reps... general office clerks. It largely involves computer-based tasks, but ones that are very repetitious and most likely to be automated, kind of like low-hanging fruit. Freelance marketplaces generate the vast majority of their revenue by taking a cut from gig workers performing digital tasks like logo design, basic coding, copywriting, and transcription. Because these specific entry-level digital skills have the highest AI exposure scores, enterprise and retail buyers will increasingly use free or cheap AI agents to do this work instantly, structurally shrinking the Total Addressable Market for human freelancers. SHORT. The core supply-side product of these digital gig platforms is being rapidly commoditized to zero by LLMs. These platforms could successfully pivot into AI agent marketplaces or integrate proprietary AI tools that make their top-tier freelancers exponentially more productive, driving higher project volume that offsets the lower cost per task.
FVRR SHORT UPWK SHORT
Ejaaz Ahamadeen Co-Host, Limitless Podcast (Bankless) medium-term
Customer service reps, 2.8 million jobs, nine out of 10... back office work, like moving files around, basic analyst stuff. Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) companies rely on human-in-the-loop models to provide outsourced customer service, call centers, and back-office data entry to large corporations. With conversational AI and voice agents now capable of handling these tasks autonomously 24/7 at a fraction of the cost, enterprise clients will aggressively churn from traditional human BPO contracts in favor of AI software solutions. SHORT. The traditional human-centric outsourced customer service business model is fundamentally broken by the new economics of AI voice and text agents. BPOs might successfully license enterprise AI technology themselves, transitioning from human labor providers to managed AI service providers, thereby protecting their enterprise contracts and profit margins.
TTEC SHORT
Josh Kale Co-Host, Limitless Podcast (Bankless) long-term
These models are so powerful now, and they're so capable, that it's no longer a matter of increased intelligence. It's more a matter of diffusion... getting the AI into these systems and automating them because it exists today. Frontier AI labs (OpenAI, Anthropic) have already solved the intelligence required to automate cognitive labor. The remaining hurdle is distribution. The mega-cap tech companies that own the cloud infrastructure, enterprise software suites, and direct investments in these frontier labs are the ones who will distribute these AI agents to Fortune 500 companies. They will capture the massive financial upside of this diffusion phase. LONG. They are the ultimate toll collectors for the enterprise adoption and integration of AI. Open-source models could commoditize the foundational AI layer, or strict antitrust regulations could prevent these tech giants from bundling new AI agents with their existing enterprise software monopolies.
MSFT LONG GOOGL LONG AMZN LONG
Josh Kale Co-Host, Limitless Podcast (Bankless) long-term
Once AI breaks out of its box, once there are physical robots kind of moving around... into the Elon-based world... where the AI breaks out of the box. It is becoming physically manifested through these robots. While software jobs are currently highly exposed to AI, physical labor is safe only because robotics is a younger industry. The next multi-trillion dollar opportunity is applying AI "brains" to physical hardware to automate manual labor. Companies with massive manufacturing scale, proprietary real-world vision data, and active humanoid robot programs are uniquely positioned to solve the physical labor shortage. LONG. Tesla's valuation will increasingly be driven by its positioning as an AI and robotics company (via Optimus) capable of automating the physical world, rather than just an automotive manufacturer. Humanoid robotics is incredibly capital intensive and technologically difficult. Timelines for viable commercial deployment may be delayed by decades, or specialized robotics startups could solve the hardware challenges faster.
TSLA LONG
11:11
Mar 13
NVDA META GOOGL MSFT TSLA
Ejaaz Ahamadeen Co-Host, Limitless Podcast (Bankless) long-term
NVIDIA announced they are going to invest $26 billion over the next five years into open source agents, specifically NemoClaw. By vertically integrating and owning the application layer (AI agents) in addition to the hardware layer (GPUs), NVIDIA creates a closed-loop ecosystem. Building the agents directly stimulates further demand for the underlying compute required to run them, expanding their total addressable market and cementing their monopoly. LONG. NVIDIA's expansion into consumer and enterprise software creates a new massive revenue vertical while simultaneously driving more demand for their core hardware business. Open-source competitors or existing agent frameworks (like OpenAI or Claude) could out-innovate NemoClaw, rendering the $26B software investment a sunk cost.
NVDA LONG
Ejaaz Ahamadeen Co-Host, Limitless Podcast (Bankless) medium-term
Meta acquired Maltbook, which is the viral AI agent social media platform, which is rumored to have around 1.6 million AI agents all autonomously posting. Meta is misallocating capital by acquiring spoofed, bot-driven platforms while simultaneously losing top-tier AI talent like Yann LeCun. This indicates a deeply flawed internal AI strategy and a fundamental misunderstanding of consumer desires, suggesting they will fall behind Google and OpenAI in the AI application race. SHORT. Meta's leadership is out of touch, making desperate acquisitions and betting heavily on a dystopian AI-only content future that lacks genuine consumer demand. Meta's core advertising business on Instagram/Facebook remains highly profitable and could easily mask the financial impact of poor AI investments.
META SHORT
Ejaaz Ahamadeen Co-Host, Limitless Podcast (Bankless) medium-term
Google Maps integrates Gemini into Google Maps... it's based on 500 million reviews from 300 million real people. Google Maps has 2 billion monthly users. By shifting the platform from a simple navigation tool to an AI-driven lifestyle and itinerary planner, Google captures high-intent consumer queries at the exact moment of decision-making. This allows them to introduce highly targeted, premium ad placements, effectively owning the entire funnel from discovery to physical transaction. LONG. The multimodal integration of Gemini into Maps unlocks a massive, previously untapped advertising and lead-generation revenue stream for Alphabet. Regulatory scrutiny over monopolistic practices in search and local advertising could prevent Google from fully monetizing the AI-driven Maps funnel.
GOOGL LONG
Ejaaz Ahamadeen Co-Host, Limitless Podcast (Bankless) short-term
A bunch of Fortune 500 companies pay Microsoft tens of billions of dollars a year to access Copilot, but I have never known anyone in my circle that uses it. Microsoft is currently generating massive revenue from forced enterprise bundling of Copilot, but actual daily active usage and utility among employees appears shockingly low. If end-users aren't getting value, enterprise churn will spike upon contract renewals, exposing Microsoft's AI revenue as a temporary mirage rather than a sticky product. WATCH. Microsoft's AI software moat is vulnerable to low user retention and emerging threats from custom agent generators like xAI's "Macro Hard". Microsoft's enterprise lock-in is notoriously strong; companies may continue paying for Copilot simply because it is bundled with Office 365, regardless of actual employee usage.
MSFT WATCH
Josh Kale Co-Host, Limitless Podcast (Bankless) medium-term
Tesla claims they are able to run this on their AI4 chip which is $650, so that is a very cheap chip for inference relative to what other data centers are using. The biggest bottleneck for AI agents is the exorbitant cost of compute in traditional data centers. Because Tesla already has millions of cheap, inference-capable AI4 chips deployed in their global fleet of vehicles, they possess a unique, highly scalable, and low-cost decentralized compute network that competitors cannot easily replicate. LONG. Tesla's hardware edge in cheap inference allows them to run complex AI agents (like Digital Optimus) at a fraction of the cost of traditional software companies. The collaboration between xAI and Tesla may face corporate governance hurdles, or the AI4 chip may struggle to handle the complex reasoning required for enterprise-grade digital agents.
TSLA LONG
11:13
Mar 12
AMZN CRWD PANW DDOG MSFT
Ejaaz Ahamadeen Co-Host, Limitless Podcast (Bankless) short-term
Last week, Amazon's entire platform crashed for six hours. No one could shop, buy anything... The reason was because a junior developer had submitted an AI-generated piece of code which crashed the entire platform, and it cost them millions and millions of dollars. Amazon's aggressive push to automate its codebase has backfired, causing direct revenue loss from storefront and AWS downtime. By reverting to a policy that requires human managers to approve AI-generated code, Amazon has introduced a severe human bottleneck that will drastically slow down their shipping velocity and product development compared to their previous automated trajectory. SHORT. The combination of lost revenue from outages, technical debt, and a sudden deceleration in engineering velocity presents a strong short-term headwind for the stock. Amazon's core e-commerce and cloud businesses are highly resilient, and they may quickly develop internal automated testing tools to resolve the human bottleneck.
AMZN SHORT
Ejaaz Ahamadeen Co-Host, Limitless Podcast (Bankless) medium-term
Junior developers that come in that don't understand Amazon's code base, just kind of use AI to run like code to run autonomously... and then they just submit it without actually reviewing and understanding it. And if this goes unguarded, it creates and results in issues like this. AI agents are generating code at a velocity that vastly outpaces human review capabilities, leading to catastrophic bugs and security vulnerabilities. Enterprises cannot stop using AI coding due to competitive pressure, so they will be forced to heavily invest in automated cybersecurity, AppSec, and observability platforms to monitor and secure this massive influx of machine-generated code. LONG. The explosion of AI-generated code creates an exponentially larger attack surface, directly driving enterprise spending into top-tier security and monitoring vendors. AI labs might successfully build native, flawless code-review agents (like OpenAI's Codex Review) that are deeply integrated into the IDE, undercutting third-party security vendors.
CRWD LONG PANW LONG DDOG LONG
Josh Kale Co-Host, Limitless Podcast (Bankless) medium-term
By March 31st, there's a very clear divide that has happened over the last six to eight weeks in OpenAI having an 85% chance of having the best model. Currently they're at 5.4, which is fantastic. I think everyone is kind of unanimously decided that it's the best for coding. Anthropic is suffering from daily outages, compute throttling, and is charging high fees for code review. Meanwhile, OpenAI's Codex 5.4 is taking the definitive lead in performance and offering cheap/free code review. Microsoft, as the primary backer of OpenAI and owner of GitHub (Copilot), will capture the lion's share of enterprise developer migration as users flee Anthropic's unstable ecosystem. LONG. Microsoft's developer ecosystem is perfectly positioned to monopolize the AI coding market as competitors stumble on infrastructure and model quality. Anthropic could secure emergency compute funding and release a superior Opus model, or open-source models could commoditize the coding layer.
MSFT LONG
Josh Kale Co-Host, Limitless Podcast (Bankless) long-term
They can't over order because if they're off by just a small percentage, the incremental cost of those GPUs will far outweigh the growth... since that episode was recorded and now they have gone fully vertical, like that curve has steepened significantly more and they're going to have to figure out a way to solve this. Frontier AI labs like Anthropic severely underestimated user demand and the compute required for new autonomous, self-improving AI loops. Because they under-ordered GPUs to avoid debt, they are now facing existential compute shortages. To survive and scale, these labs will be forced to place massive, unanticipated emergency orders for GPUs. LONG. The bottleneck for the entire AI industry is purely compute, and the steepening adoption curve guarantees sustained, desperate demand for NVIDIA's hardware. Supply chain constraints at TSMC could limit NVIDIA's ability to fulfill these massive orders, or labs could successfully pivot to custom in-house silicon.
NVDA LONG
10:59
Mar 11
VZ T TMUS QCOM
Josh Kale Co-Host, Limitless Podcast (Bankless) long-term
These traditional cell providers like Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile, they have a serious problem on their hands... Starlink bought a chunk of this spectrum... it enables them to act as a standalone carrier. Legacy telecom companies rely on ground-based infrastructure that inherently leaves dead zones and requires massive capital expenditure to maintain. Because SpaceX now owns its own spectrum and the entire hardware stack (satellites and launch vehicles), it can offer a globally ubiquitous cellular service directly to consumers. This turns traditional carriers into obsolete middlemen or forces them into a price war against a technologically superior, borderless network. SHORT legacy telecom providers as Starlink transitions from a rural niche to a mainstream, standalone global cellular provider. High-density urban areas will still require ground-based 5G Ultra Wideband infrastructure due to satellite bandwidth constraints; regulatory hurdles or Starship launch delays could slow Starlink's rollout.
VZ SHORT T SHORT TMUS SHORT
Josh Kale Co-Host, Limitless Podcast (Bankless) medium-term
In order to get 5G beamed down from these new Starlink V2 satellites, Qualcomm actually is making a chip that works direct to cell. So it's rumored to be included in the next iPhone 18 and Samsung Galaxy phones. For consumers to access Starlink's V2 satellite network natively, smartphones require updated internal hardware. Qualcomm is positioned as the primary silicon provider for this direct-to-cell architecture. As global OEMs integrate satellite connectivity into their flagship devices to keep up with the new standard of "zero dead zones," Qualcomm will capture the hardware upgrade supercycle. LONG Qualcomm as a primary hardware derivative play on the satellite-to-cellular revolution. Apple or Samsung could eventually develop their own in-house direct-to-cell modems to bypass Qualcomm; delays in the Starship program could push back the timeline for the V2 network, delaying the hardware upgrade cycle.
QCOM LONG
12:05
Mar 10
NVDA AMZN XLU VST CEG
Ejaaz Ahamadeen Co-Host, Limitless Podcast (Bankless) medium-term
What's the roundup of this episode? NVIDIA still wins. Silicon-based intelligence is still the frontier and Jensen's going to make a lot more money. While biological computing is incredibly energy-efficient, it is currently a fragile, lab-bound science experiment. Meanwhile, top AI labs like Anthropic are actively throttling their models because they are signing up 1 million users a day and running out of compute. This immediate, desperate need for processing power guarantees that silicon GPUs will remain the undisputed bottleneck and profit center for the foreseeable future. Long NVDA as the primary beneficiary of the ongoing, unquenchable demand for silicon-based AI compute. Biological computing or quantum computing makes an unexpected, rapid leap to commercial viability, or AI scaling laws hit a wall, reducing the need for massive GPU clusters.
NVDA LONG
Ejaaz Ahamadeen Co-Host, Limitless Podcast (Bankless) medium-term
Amazon needs to come in and give them some more AWS access or something because they don't really have the advantage. They need more GPUs. Anthropic's Claude is experiencing explosive growth, leading to server outages and model throttling. Because Amazon is a massive backer of Anthropic and their primary cloud provider, Anthropic's desperate need to scale compute directly translates to increased AWS utilization and revenue. Long AMZN as AWS captures the massive infrastructure spend required to keep top-tier foundational models online during hyper-growth phases. Anthropic diversifies its cloud providers, or AWS struggles to procure enough GPUs to meet the demand, leading to lost revenue opportunities.
AMZN LONG
Josh Kale Co-Host, Limitless Podcast (Bankless) long-term
Clearly, the energy efficiency is the biggest threshold. We just don't have enough energy to power these chips... fully pivoting from chips to energy. That is the biggest thing in the world. A single GPU rack uses massive amounts of power, and the current grid cannot support the exponential growth of AI data centers. Because biological computing (which runs on a fraction of the power) is decades away from replacing silicon, the immediate second-order effect of the AI boom is a massive supply-demand imbalance in electricity. Utility companies and independent power producers will command massive premiums to supply baseload power to tech giants. Long the energy and utility sector as the physical bottleneck to AI expansion shifts from silicon chips to raw electricity generation. Regulatory hurdles block new power plant construction, or AI models become drastically more efficient on silicon, reducing projected power demand.
XLU LONG VST LONG CEG LONG
11:31
Mar 06
SQ META BABA NVDA DE
Josh Kale Co-Host, Limitless Podcast (Bankless) short-term
"Block... 40%, 4,000 people got laid off... The stock was up 20%. The stock market loved it." Jack Dorsey is explicitly proving the "AI replaces Opex" thesis. By cutting 40% of staff and citing "intelligence tools" as the replacement, Block is drastically improving its margins. The market's positive reaction (+20%) validates this strategy, suggesting further upside as earnings reports reflect lower costs. Long SQ as a margin-expansion play. Service quality degradation if AI tools cannot actually replace human output.
SQ LONG
Ejaaz Ahamadeen Co-Host, Limitless Podcast (Bankless) long-term
"They're actually shipping 30 to 40 million more units this year alone... millions of people that are wearing these glasses." Despite the negative press regarding privacy and data scraping (SAMA workers in Kenya), the unit volume (30-40M) indicates massive consumer adoption. Meta is successfully transitioning from a social media app company to a dominant hardware/wearable OS platform. The market values user growth and hardware penetration over privacy concerns. Long META on successful hardware scaling. Regulatory crackdowns on data privacy (GDPR/US Congress) could stifle hardware usage.
META LONG
Ejaaz Ahamadeen Co-Host, Limitless Podcast (Bankless) medium-term
"Alibaba CEO said, I kind of don't want you guys to open source the models anymore. I want to take this under my wing." Alibaba is restructuring its AI division ("Quen") to move from open-source research to closed-source monetization. While bad for the open-source community (leading to staff exodus), this is bullish for the stock as it signals a shift toward profitability and proprietary product protection. Long BABA on the pivot to AI monetization. Brain drain from the research team could degrade product quality.
BABA LONG
Ejaaz Ahamadeen Co-Host, Limitless Podcast (Bankless) long-term
"An Nvidia powered farming machine uses AI vision and precision lasers to eliminate weeds... reduces the cost of spending on herbicides by 90%." This represents the expansion of AI from "Training Clusters" (Data Centers) to "Edge Inference" (Industrial Robotics). Nvidia chips are now essential in heavy machinery. John Deere (DE) is the logical industrial proxy for high-tech combines adopting this laser/vision tech to justify high equipment prices. Long NVDA (chip demand) and DE (industrial application/pricing power). High upfront hardware costs for farmers could slow adoption rates.
NVDA LONG DE LONG
Ejaaz Ahamadeen Co-Host, Limitless Podcast (Bankless) medium-term
"Anthropic broke records all week. They reached $20 billion in annual recurring revenue... They crushed OpenAI, dethroning them from the number one spot... beat out all enterprise customers." Anthropic is a private company, so you cannot buy it directly. However, Amazon (AMZN) and Google (GOOGL) are its primary backers and cloud infrastructure providers. As Anthropic captures enterprise market share from OpenAI (Microsoft), the compute revenue and investment equity value accrue directly to Amazon and Google. Long the cloud proxies for Anthropic's dominance. OpenAI releases a superior model (GPT-5.4) that reverses the churn trend.
AMZN LONG GOOGL LONG
Ejaaz Ahamadeen Co-Host, Limitless Podcast (Bankless) medium-term
"OpenAI's unsubscription... has surged to 300%... OpenAI is earning around $25 billion... but they're actually burning around $20 billion a year." Microsoft is the primary underwriter of OpenAI. If OpenAI is losing the "war" to Anthropic while burning cash at an unsustainable rate ($115B cumulative burn projected), Microsoft's massive capital expenditure into OpenAI looks increasingly risky. The "dethroning" narrative is a direct hit to the Azure/Copilot thesis. Avoid or Short MSFT as a hedge against OpenAI's performance degradation. OpenAI successfully launches new hardware or model 5.4 that recaptures the market.
MSFT WATCH
13:51
Mar 05
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Ejaaz Ahamadeen Co-Host, Limitless Podcast (Bankless) medium-term
Apple released the M5 chip (4x faster than M4) and $600 entry-level devices (MacBook Neo, iPhone 17e) capable of running LLMs locally. Mac Minis and Studios are currently "sold out everywhere" due to demand for local AI compute. Apple is "accidentally" winning the AI hardware race by controlling the edge. While Hyperscalers spend billions on CapEx, Apple is selling the "shovels" for local inference. The "sold out" status indicates a massive hardware supercycle is underway, driven by privacy and local compute needs rather than just device upgrades. LONG. Apple is becoming the dominant platform for "Personalized Intelligence," justifying a valuation expansion comparable to Nvidia's rise. Failure to deliver a cohesive software experience (Siri AI delayed); Google or others capturing the software layer despite Apple's hardware lead.
AAPL LONG
Ejaaz Ahamadeen Co-Host, Limitless Podcast (Bankless) long-term
New local models on Apple M5 chips allow users to run frontier intelligence on-device without paying subscription fees. Ejaaz asks, "Why would you pay $200 a month on a Claude subscription... if you could get frontier intelligence... on your mobile phone?" The rise of capable local inference (Edge AI) commoditizes the subscription models of OpenAI (Microsoft) and Anthropic (Amazon). If users can run "OpenClaw" or Llama locally for free with better privacy, the Total Addressable Market (TAM) for cloud-based AI subscriptions ($20/mo) collapses. AVOID. The "Edge Compute" thesis is a direct deflationary force on Cloud AI revenue and SaaS pricing power for the major hyperscalers backing these labs. Local models may hit a performance ceiling compared to massive cloud clusters (GPT-6/7); consumers may prefer the convenience of cloud despite the cost.
MSFT AVOID AMZN AVOID
Ejaaz Ahamadeen Co-Host, Limitless Podcast (Bankless) medium-term
Apple is spending very little on AI CapEx ($1.4B) compared to peers ($630B combined) and instead pays Google ~$1B/year to license Gemini for the operating system. Apple's strategy is to own the distribution (3 billion devices) while outsourcing the model costs to Google. This partnership cements Google as the default "intelligence engine" for the world's largest consumer hardware base, guaranteeing usage volume that Microsoft/OpenAI cannot access natively on the OS level. LONG. Google benefits from Apple's distribution monopoly without having to win the hardware war itself. Apple eventually replaces Gemini with a proprietary in-house model; regulatory scrutiny on the Apple/Google search and AI deal.
GOOGL LONG
Ejaaz Ahamadeen Co-Host, Limitless Podcast (Bankless) long-term
A hacker demonstrated that the M-series chip architecture is "80 times more efficient" for inference and training than an Nvidia A100 GPU for specific transformer tasks. Apple is the "only real threat to Nvidia's hardware moat." While Nvidia dominates data center training, Apple is cornering the market on inference (running the models). If the world shifts to local inference to save costs/energy, demand for data center inference GPUs could soften. WATCH. This is a long-tail risk to Nvidia's absolute dominance, specifically in the inference segment of their revenue. Nvidia's Blackwell/Rubin chips may vastly outperform Apple's silicon in raw power, maintaining the need for cloud compute for advanced tasks.
NVDA WATCH
19:29
Mar 03
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Ejaaz Ahamadeen Co-Host, Limitless Podcast (Bankless) medium-term
Leopold has built a massive position in Bloom Energy to the tune of "\$855 million" (approx. 20% of the portfolio). AI data centers face a power crisis; the public grid is too slow and congested to meet demand. Bloom Energy manufactures solid oxide fuel cells that convert natural gas to electricity *on-site*, allowing data centers to bypass the electrical grid entirely. LONG. This is the "NVIDIA of Energy" play—betting on the hardware required to generate power locally for hyperscalers. Manufacturing execution risk (can they build enough turbines to meet the \$20B backlog?) and reliance on natural gas prices.
BE LONG
Ejaaz Ahamadeen Co-Host, Limitless Podcast (Bankless) medium-term
Leopold owns around "10% of a company called Core Scientific" and is buying Bitcoin miners because "they own the two critical pieces of infrastructure required for AI buildouts... real estate and power." Building new power infrastructure takes years due to permitting. Bitcoin miners (like Core Scientific) already possess high-capacity power interconnects and grid rights. The play is an arbitrage: repurposing crypto-mining facilities into AI data centers (hosting for CoreWeave) to skip the multi-year regulatory wait times. LONG. A play on "power arbitrage"—buying the rights to electricity access rather than the crypto asset itself. Bitcoin price volatility affecting the stock's beta; execution risk in pivoting infrastructure from mining to HPC (High Performance Computing).
CORZ LONG
Ejaaz Ahamadeen Co-Host, Limitless Podcast (Bankless) medium-term
The fund has "dumped NVIDIA... dumped Broadcom... dumped TSMC... dumped Micron." He sold \$300M in NVIDIA puts (profit taking) and exited the equity. The "easy money" in the hardware layer has been made. The market has fully priced in GPU production. The capital cycle is moving from the *processor* (chips) to the *enabler* (energy/hosting). Holding these names now offers lower risk-adjusted returns compared to the infrastructure layer. AVOID (Rotation). This is a sector rotation call: Sell Chips, Buy Power. The AI capex boom could continue to surprise to the upside for chipmakers; NVIDIA remains the monopoly supplier.
AVGO AVOID TSM AVOID MU AVOID NVDA AVOID
Ejaaz Ahamadeen Co-Host, Limitless Podcast (Bankless) medium-term
Leopold has taken out a "massive short" on Infosys, a company specializing in IT outsourcing. Infosys's business model relies on labor arbitrage (cheaper human engineers). New AI agents (like Claude Code and GPT Codex) are becoming capable enough to automate menial IT and coding tasks. This technological deflation destroys the value proposition of human-heavy outsourcing firms. SHORT. A bet on AI displacing entry-level and mid-level coding labor. AI adoption in enterprise environments may be slower than anticipated; Infosys could pivot to integrating these tools (though this cannibalizes their billing model).
INFY SHORT
18:18
Mar 02
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Ejaaz Ahamadeen Co-Host, Limitless Podcast (Bankless) medium-term
OpenAI swooped in after Anthropic's refusal and signed a $200M deal with the "Department of War," agreeing to terms that allow military use under "lawful" guidelines. Microsoft owns a massive stake (49%) in OpenAI. As OpenAI secures entrenched government defense contracts and replaces competitors (Anthropic) in the Pentagon's stack, the value accrues to Microsoft's equity and Azure cloud infrastructure (which hosts the models). LONG Microsoft as the primary beneficiary of OpenAI's pivot to defense contracting. Reputational damage to OpenAI if models hallucinate in combat; potential employee revolts at Microsoft/OpenAI.
MSFT LONG
Ejaaz Ahamadeen Co-Host, Limitless Podcast (Bankless) short-term
The US military executed "Operation Epic Fury," which involved the capture of the Venezuelan president (Maduro) and strikes in Iran. Venezuela and Iran are major oil-producing nations. Direct military intervention and regime change operations in these regions historically lead to immediate supply chain fears and risk premiums in the energy market. LONG Oil (USO) and Energy Stocks (XLE) to hedge against geopolitical supply shocks. Rapid de-escalation or US strategic reserve releases dampening price spikes.
USO LONG XLE LONG
Josh Kale Co-Host, Limitless Podcast (Bankless) short-term
Following the public spat where Anthropic refused the Pentagon's demand for uncensored surveillance access, public sentiment shifted heavily in Anthropic's favor, pushing Claude to #1 in the App Store. Anthropic is not public, but Amazon and Google are its primary backers and cloud providers (AWS/GCP). The surge in user adoption and brand loyalty for Claude translates to higher compute usage and equity value for these tech giants. LONG Amazon and Google as proxies for Anthropic's consumer market share gains. The Pentagon ban could eventually hurt Anthropic's enterprise revenue if extended to other government agencies.
AMZN LONG GOOGL LONG
Josh Kale Co-Host, Limitless Podcast (Bankless) long-term
Josh argues that the government cannot nationalize AGI projects like the Manhattan Project because they cannot extract enough tax revenue to fund the massive data centers required; it "must be done in private markets." If the US government admits it cannot build its own AI infrastructure and must rely on private companies, the private sector's capital expenditure on chips and fabrication will continue uncapped, backed by implicit government necessity. This cements the moat for hardware providers. LONG Hardware/Foundries as the government is forced to be a customer rather than a builder. Export controls to China tightening further; supply chain disruptions in Taiwan.
NVDA LONG TSM LONG
12:01
Feb 27
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Ejaaz Ahamadeen Co-Host, Limitless Podcast (Bankless) Medium-term
NVIDIA beat every target (EPS and Revenue), guiding $78B for Q1 vs $72B estimated. Demand for even 5-year-old GPUs is so high they rent for 1.5x their original cost. The "Bubble" argument relies on overbuilding and underutilization. However, hyperscalers are fully utilizing every chip they buy. Furthermore, the physical scarcity of energy prevents companies from overbuilding fast enough to crash the market. LONG. The "watts and wafers" constraint extends the cycle duration, keeping pricing power high. Regulatory intervention or a sudden, unexpected solve for energy constraints leading to rapid oversupply.
NVDA LONG
Ejaaz Ahamadeen Co-Host, Limitless Podcast (Bankless) Medium-term
Meta signed a $6B compute partnership with AMD, causing the stock to jump significantly. Hyperscalers (like Meta) are desperate to diversify away from total reliance on NVIDIA. This "circular economy" ensures that second-place hardware providers receive massive spillover capital simply to ensure supply chain redundancy. LONG. AMD is the primary beneficiary of the "Anyone But NVIDIA" diversification spend. NVIDIA solving supply constraints rapidly, rendering inferior chips less desirable.
AMD LONG
Josh Kale Co-Host, Limitless Podcast (Bankless) Long-term
"We're constrained by watts and wafers, meaning we don't have enough electricity... and as a result, that becomes the limiting factor." If the AI supercycle is bottlenecked by the electrical grid rather than software demand, the value accrues to power producers (VST/CEG) and grid infrastructure providers (ETN). They hold the scarce resource required for AI expansion. LONG. These are the "pick and shovel" plays for the energy crisis described in the transcript. Regulatory caps on power pricing or hyperscalers building off-grid nuclear solutions that bypass public utilities.
CEG LONG VST LONG ETN LONG
Ejaaz Ahamadeen Co-Host, Limitless Podcast (Bankless) Short-term
Anthropic launched a plugin that autonomously fixes COBOL code (a legacy business language). The speaker notes IBM stock reacted negatively (claiming a 15% drop) because they hold a monopoly on COBOL consulting. IBM's high-margin consulting business relies on the complexity and scarcity of human COBOL experts. If an AI agent can update and fix this dinosaur code for the cost of a prompt, IBM's moat evaporates. SHORT. AI is deflationary for legacy IT services and manual code maintenance. IBM successfully pivoting to integrate these tools faster than clients can adopt them directly.
IBM SHORT
11:30
Feb 25
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Ejaaz Ahamadeen Co-Host, Limitless Podcast (Bankless) medium-term
"Alibaba with Qwen 3.5... absolutely crushed benchmarks. Once again, open source... amazing with agents." While the market focuses on US AI supremacy, Alibaba is successfully executing a "scorched earth" strategy with high-performance, open-source models. As US labs lock down APIs and charge premiums, developers are migrating to efficient Chinese alternatives like Qwen, driving usage and ecosystem value to Alibaba. LONG. Alibaba is technically leading the "efficiency/open" race in AI, serving as a hedge against expensive US closed-source models. Geopolitical sanctions or US bans on Chinese model usage.
BABA LONG
Ejaaz Ahamadeen Co-Host, Limitless Podcast (Bankless) short-term
"Google started locking down their thing... to OpenClaw this week... This is not going to be good for net net for users... software engineers... are just going to go to these Chinese models." In an attempt to stop IP theft (distillation), Google is degrading the user experience for legitimate US developers. This defensive posture risks bleeding market share to "good enough" and cheaper competitors (like Minimax or Qwen), reducing the stickiness of the Gemini ecosystem. WATCH. Monitor if API restrictions lead to a measurable drop in developer adoption or sentiment. Google successfully blocks theft without alienating core developers.
GOOGL WATCH
Josh Kale Co-Host, Limitless Podcast (Bankless) long-term
"I would imagine that if they did have an Nvidia equivalent in China that was creating top tier GPUs... they would close it down... but because China's behind there's value in being open." China's entire software strategy (distillation, open source) is a symptom of hardware weakness. They *must* be efficient because they cannot access Nvidia's cutting-edge compute. This confirms Nvidia's moat is still the absolute bottleneck for global AI progress; if China had the chips, the software landscape would look completely different. LONG. The "distillation" trend validates that compute (Nvidia) is the scarce resource China is desperately trying to optimize around. Further export controls or a breakthrough in Chinese domestic chip manufacturing.
NVDA LONG
11:14
Feb 24
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Ejaaz Ahamadeen Co-Host, Limitless Podcast (Bankless) medium-term
"Google's distribution is just insane... tens of millions of people on day one... It feels like the Adobe Creative Cloud Suite on steroids for Google." Google is successfully pivoting from just "search" to a comprehensive "creation ecosystem." By bundling superior AI tools (Lyria, Pomelli, Gemini) directly into their existing massive user base, they are bypassing the customer acquisition friction that startups face. The rapid iteration (Gemini 3 to 3.1 in 4 months) proves they have regained their engineering velocity. Long Google as they capture the application layer of AI, not just the infrastructure. The "overthinking" bugs in Gemini 3.1 suggest quality control issues could harm trust if not fixed quickly.
GOOGL LONG
Ejaaz Ahamadeen Co-Host, Limitless Podcast (Bankless) medium-term
"There's a lot of photographers that spend a lot of their time and expertise creating these photo shoots that now are pretty much out of a job... fashion models that also may not be able to benefit." Gig economy platforms rely heavily on creative services (graphic design, product photography, modeling). Tools like Pomelli automate these specific tasks instantly for near-zero cost. As demand for human freelancers in these categories collapses, transaction volume on freelance marketplaces will decline. Short freelance platforms as AI automation destroys the "billable hours" model for creative gig work. These platforms may pivot to selling "AI operator" services, though at lower margins.
FVRR SHORT UPWK SHORT
Josh Kale Co-Host, Limitless Podcast (Bankless) long-term
"It feels like the Adobe Creative Cloud Suite on steroids for Google... It's free to use... available in Gemini." Adobe's moat is the "Creative Cloud." Google is now offering equivalent or superior tools (product photography, music generation, image editing) for free or at a fraction of the cost. If casual and semi-pro creators switch to Google's integrated (and cheaper) suite, Adobe faces significant churn in its low-to-mid market segment. Short Adobe as their pricing power and market share are eroded by Google's commoditization of creative tools. Professional "power users" may stick with Adobe for granular control that AI tools currently lack.
ADBE SHORT
12:17
Feb 20
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Ejaaz Ahamadeen Co-Host, Limitless Podcast (Bankless) medium-term
Toto, a $7B Japanese toilet company, has seen its stock rise 60% because it manufactures "ceramic chucks." These components hold silicon wafers in place during the chip etching process. Modern AI memory chips require vertical stacking and etching at negative 50 degrees. Metal warps at this temperature, but Toto's specialized ceramics do not. While this is only 10% of their product volume, it drives 40% of their profits, making them a hidden "pick and shovel" play for the semiconductor industry. Long Toto as a critical, non-obvious supplier to the semiconductor supply chain that the market is just beginning to re-rate. Cyclicality in the semiconductor memory market; reliance on specific etching technologies.
TOTDY LONG
Ejaaz Ahamadeen Co-Host, Limitless Podcast (Bankless) long-term
Ajinomoto, known for making MSG food seasoning, produces a byproduct oil that is processed into a film substrate (ABF). This substrate is the industry standard for insulating and connecting high-performance CPU and GPU chips. Japan holds a monopoly on 14 critical substrates for AI chips, and Ajinomoto is the key player for this specific insulation layer. Long Ajinomoto as a monopoly holder on a material essential for Nvidia and TSMC's manufacturing process. Development of alternative synthetic substrates; global supply chain decoupling.
AJINY LONG
Ejaaz Ahamadeen Co-Host, Limitless Podcast (Bankless) medium-term
Ejaaz explicitly states, "I have recently taken a position in Apple." Leaks suggest Apple is launching smart glasses, camera-equipped AirPods, and AI pendants next year. To make personalized AI agents truly useful, the AI needs to "see" and "hear" what the user experiences. Apple's hardware ecosystem is best positioned to capture this data input layer, moving beyond the iPhone into ambient computing. Long Apple on the thesis of an AI-driven hardware refresh cycle and the deployment of personalized agents. Hardware delays; failure to compete with Meta's Ray-Ban glasses; software (Siri/Apple Intelligence) lagging behind OpenAI/Google.
AAPL LONG
Josh Kale Co-Host, Limitless Podcast (Bankless) medium-term
Meta is scaling its Ray-Ban smart glasses to 20-30 million units and has launched "Manus Agents" to compete directly with autonomous agent startups. Meta is successfully pivoting from a pure social media company to a hardware and AI agent ecosystem. They are productizing open-ended agentic workflows (controlling computers/tasks) faster than competitors, leveraging their massive distribution. Long Meta as they successfully integrate hardware (glasses) with software (Manus agents) to dominate the consumer AI interface. Regulatory scrutiny on data privacy; competition from Apple's upcoming hardware.
META LONG
Ejaaz Ahamadeen Co-Host, Limitless Podcast (Bankless) short-term
Google released Gemini 3.0 (beating benchmarks by significant margins) and Lyria 3 (music generation) in a single week. The narrative that Google is "behind" is fading. They are shipping state-of-the-art models rapidly and expanding into new modalities like high-fidelity music generation, proving their R&D pipeline is converting to product. Long Google as they re-establish dominance in model performance and multimodal capabilities. Innovator's dilemma regarding Search revenue; continued PR mishaps with model bias.
GOOGL LONG
Josh Kale Co-Host, Limitless Podcast (Bankless) long-term
XAI (Elon Musk's private company) is working with the Pentagon on autonomous drone swarms. While XAI is private, Josh notes that XAI serves as the "intelligence layer" for the broader Musk ecosystem, including Tesla. The orchestration technology developed for drone swarms is the same logic required for Tesla's Optimus robot swarms and FSD fleets. Watch Tesla for technology transfer or synergy announcements related to XAI's defense and orchestration breakthroughs. XAI value does not accrue to Tesla shareholders; reputational risk from defense contracts.
TSLA WATCH
10:45
Feb 18
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Josh Kale Co-Host, Limitless Podcast (Bankless) long-term
The speaker describes "ClawMart," where agents sell skills to other agents. "It actually generated $41,000 in a week... using kind of crypto or stablecoin payments to pay for each of these different skill accesses." AI agents cannot open bank accounts; they natively use crypto for settlement. As the "Agent Economy" grows (machines paying machines), transaction volume on crypto rails (Ethereum/Stablecoins) will explode, benefiting the underlying networks and exchanges. Long Crypto Infrastructure (ETH/COIN) as the financial rail for the AI economy. Regulatory bans on unhosted wallets or AI financial autonomy.
COIN LONG ETH LONG
Host/Commentator long-term
The speaker states, "OpenClaw... got acquired by OpenAI in just 80 days for billions of dollars." Microsoft (via its stake in OpenAI) is effectively cornering the market on the most advanced agentic frameworks. By acquiring the fastest-growing open-source project, they are consolidating the talent and tech stack before it becomes a threat, ensuring their dominance in enterprise AI. Long Microsoft as the ultimate beneficiary of OpenAI's consolidation of the agent landscape. Antitrust scrutiny regarding the OpenAI partnership/acquisitions.
MSFT LONG
Host/Commentator medium-term
The speaker notes that for privacy-conscious users, "On-prem is becoming the new cloud." They explicitly state the "Mac Mini... is sold out" and that the "Mac Studio... has enough RAM... to run these open source Chinese models locally." As AI agents (like OpenClaw) become more capable, users are shifting away from cloud APIs (to avoid data leakage to Google/OpenAI) and towards running models locally. This drives a hardware supercycle for Apple's high-RAM silicon (M-series chips), which is currently the consumer standard for local inference. Long Apple as the infrastructure provider for the "Local AI" and "On-Prem" narrative. Apple fails to maintain its lead in local inference hardware; open-source models become too large for consumer hardware.
AAPL LONG
Josh Kale Co-Host, Limitless Podcast (Bankless) medium-term
The speaker highlights that Meta "rolled out Manis," which is "Meta's version of OpenClaw except it has a little bit more rails... and it's very easily accessible for people who aren't very technical." While open-source tools (OpenClaw) are powerful, they are too technical for the mass market (CLI, Docker). Meta is effectively capturing the consumer "Agent" market by wrapping this technology in a user-friendly interface, leveraging their massive distribution to win the non-technical user base. Long Meta as the winner of the "Consumer AI Agent" interface war. Regulatory crackdowns on autonomous agents; failure to monetize the free tool.
META LONG
17:32
Feb 16
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Josh Kale Co-Host, Limitless Podcast (Bankless) long-term
OpenAI acquired OpenClaw, the "fastest growing AI project in history," beating out Meta. The hosts note OpenAI is moving to "phase 3 and 4" of verticalized bundles and multimodal orchestration. Microsoft (MSFT) is the primary backer and beneficiary of OpenAI's technology. By securing the dominant "Agent" infrastructure (OpenClaw), OpenAI moves beyond the commoditized LLM chatbot war into the operating system layer of work. This cements MSFT's lead in the next computing platform (Agents). LONG. MSFT captures the value of the "Agent" interface replacing the traditional OS/App model. Regulatory scrutiny on OpenAI acquisitions; integration friction between open-source community and corporate control.
MSFT LONG
Josh Kale Co-Host, Limitless Podcast (Bankless) long-term
"Apps are dead... The future of interacting with AI... is going to be via agents." The speaker notes that while App Store launches are at record highs, the *value* is shifting to agents that bypass apps entirely. Apple and Google rely heavily on the 30% App Store tax / Services revenue. If the primary interface shifts from "opening an app" to "telling an agent to do it," the economic moat of the App Store creates a structural headwind unless these companies control the Agent layer themselves. WATCH. This is a potential existential threat to the "Services" revenue narrative if they do not successfully pivot to an "OS-level Agent" model. Apple/Google may simply build their own dominant agents (Sherlocking the startups).
AAPL WATCH GOOGL WATCH
Ejaaz Ahamadeen Co-Host, Limitless Podcast (Bankless) medium-term
Zuckerberg was personally "in the trenches" bidding for OpenClaw and recently acquired "Manis" (another agent platform) for $2B. While Meta lost the OpenClaw deal, their aggressive spending ($2B) and Zuck's direct involvement confirm they are fully committed to winning the "Agent" war. They are not being left behind like Anthropic; they are building a parallel ecosystem to compete with OpenAI. LONG. Meta is successfully pivoting from social media to AI Agents, ensuring they own the customer interface in the post-app era. Capital expenditure efficiency; failure to integrate acquisitions effectively.
META LONG
Josh Kale Co-Host, Limitless Podcast (Bankless) short-term
Anthropic (Claude) is described as having committed a "Generational Fumble." Instead of acquiring OpenClaw (which was originally based on Claude), they sent cease-and-desist letters regarding the name. They failed to launch a competitor despite having the opportunity. Amazon (AMZN) is the primary backer and cloud provider for Anthropic. If Anthropic is losing the strategic war for "Agents" to OpenAI and Meta due to poor management decisions, AMZN's AI proxy loses value relative to MSFT and META. AVOID. The "Agent" layer is where the value accrues, and Anthropic is currently missing this cycle. Anthropic could surprise launch a superior agent (as hinted by a "hopeful" post mentioned in the transcript).
AMZN AVOID
11:58
Feb 13
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Ejaaz Ahamadeen Co-Host, Limitless Podcast (Bankless) medium-term
Ejaaz states, "I don't know what is in the water in China, but they are cooking up the best image and video models... Seedance has kind of come out of nowhere with this absolutely pristine video model." China is treating copyright infringement as a feature, not a bug. This "regulatory arbitrage" allows Chinese tech giants to train on data that US companies (OpenAI/Google) are too afraid to touch due to lawsuits. This gives Chinese Tech a structural speed advantage in generative media. Long Chinese Tech ETFs/Proxies as they take the lead in generative video application. Geopolitical tensions or US sanctions on Chinese AI software usage.
KWEB LONG BABA LONG BIDU LONG
Ejaaz Ahamadeen Co-Host, Limitless Podcast (Bankless) long-term
Ejaaz describes the Chinese model "Seedance 2" generating a "Breaking Bad" clip that is "indistinguishable from reality" and notes China has "no regard for copyright... they're immune to getting blown up." If AI can generate Hollywood-quality content using copyrighted characters (Walter White, Seinfeld) without legal repercussions, the value of legacy media libraries (IP moats) evaporates. US studios (Warner Bros, Disney, Paramount) cannot compete with free, infinite, high-quality generation coming from jurisdictions that ignore IP law. Short US Legacy Media as their core asset (intellectual property) faces rapid devaluation via generative AI. US regulations could ban the import/distribution of Chinese AI-generated content, protecting domestic IP.
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Josh Kale Co-Host, Limitless Podcast (Bankless) medium-term
Josh notes that while xAI's software is lagging (7 months without a model), their hardware progress is rapid: "They have the largest coherent cluster of H100 equivalent GPUs... basically the fastest in the world." Regardless of xAI's internal turmoil or software delays, they are aggressively purchasing and deploying compute. This confirms that the demand for high-end GPUs remains insatiable among frontier labs, directly benefiting the primary supplier. Long Nvidia as the pick-and-shovel winner of xAI's capital expenditure. If xAI implodes or the "SpaceX merger" distracts from capital deployment, orders could slow.
NVDA LONG
Ejaaz Ahamadeen Co-Host, Limitless Podcast (Bankless) short-term
Ejaaz reports that OpenAI's head of safety left partly because "Adult mode is releasing soon... [and] ads, which they just rolled out." The introduction of "Adult Mode" (pornography/erotica) and advertising represents a massive, high-margin revenue unlock for OpenAI. As the owner of 49% of OpenAI's profit share, Microsoft stands to benefit immediately from this aggressive monetization pivot. Long Microsoft to capture the financial upside of OpenAI abandoning safety constraints for profit. Reputational damage to Microsoft if "Adult Mode" leads to public relations scandals or regulatory crackdowns.
MSFT LONG
12:06
Feb 11
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Ejaaz Ahamadeen Co-Host, Limitless Podcast (Bankless) medium-term
"Memory has become the most expensive component to build a GPU or anything hardware related. Um, it's driven the costs of custom computers up by like 5x in the last like 2 months." The delay of OpenAI's device is explicitly blamed on the skyrocketing cost and scarcity of High Bandwidth Memory (HBM). While this is a hurdle for hardware developers (OpenAI), it represents massive pricing power and demand for the memory manufacturers. Micron is the primary US-listed beneficiary of the HBM supercycle. Long memory producers as supply constraints drive pricing power. Cyclical downturn in memory demand outside of AI; faster-than-expected capacity expansion leading to oversupply.
MU LONG
Ejaaz Ahamadeen Co-Host, Limitless Podcast (Bankless) long-term
"OpenAI doesn't have an ecosystem yet... it needs to connect to one of these, an iPhone... OpenAI is entering a battle where the odds of them winning it are really low." OpenAI's hardware is delayed to 2027. Meanwhile, Meta has already sold 2 million AI smart glasses, and Apple is integrating AI directly into the iPhone (the dominant ecosystem). By the time OpenAI launches, the incumbents will have entrenched market share. OpenAI's lack of a proprietary phone/OS makes them dependent on the very competitors they are trying to disrupt. Long the incumbents (Apple/Meta) who own the distribution and are shipping product now, capitalizing on OpenAI's manufacturing delays. OpenAI achieves a "iPhone moment" breakthrough in 2027 that renders current hardware obsolete; regulatory breakup of Apple/Meta ecosystems.
AAPL LONG META LONG
11:54
Feb 10
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Ejaaz Ahamadeen Co-Host, Limitless Podcast (Bankless) long-term
Google DeepMind released Genie 3, which "simulates reality" and understands physics, allowing users to generate interactive worlds. Waymo used it to build the "most advanced driving simulator ever created." Google is transitioning from text prediction (LLMs) to reality simulation (World Models). This secures their dominance in two massive verticals: AGI development and Autonomous Driving (via Waymo), solving the data scarcity problem for training robots and cars. Long Google as the leader in World Models, which serves as the foundational software for the physical AI revolution. High inference costs (requires massive compute) could impact margins; regulatory scrutiny on AI-generated content.
GOOGL LONG
Ejaaz Ahamadeen Co-Host, Limitless Podcast (Bankless) medium-term
Following the Genie 3 release, "Unity... dropped 30%... Roblox... dropped 13%." The speaker notes that AI engines can now emulate games in seconds, threatening the traditional 5-10 year development cycle. If a World Model can generate a playable, interactive environment from a prompt, the value proposition of complex, expensive game engines (Unity) and user-generated platforms (Roblox) diminishes significantly. The barrier to entry for game creation is collapsing to zero. Short/Avoid traditional gaming engines as their "moat" (complex physics and rendering engines) is being eroded by generative AI. Roblox explicitly announced their own world model, suggesting they may pivot successfully; the market sell-off may be an overreaction (oversold bounce).
U SHORT RBLX SHORT
Ejaaz Ahamadeen Co-Host, Limitless Podcast (Bankless) medium-term
"Genie by Google DeepMind runs on four H100 GPUs... per instance." Ejaaz notes that compute is a "never-ending resource that we will need." Unlike LLMs which are training-heavy, World Models are inference-heavy. Every 60 seconds of generated video requires massive, real-time GPU power. As World Models scale to consumers and robotics, the demand for H100-class chips shifts from "training clusters" to "always-on inference," drastically increasing TAM. Long NVIDIA as the pick-and-shovel play for the high-compute requirements of simulating reality. Supply chain bottlenecks; potential development of more efficient, non-GPU hardware (TPUs) by Google itself.
NVDA LONG
Ejaaz Ahamadeen Co-Host, Limitless Podcast (Bankless) long-term
"Tesla's been using world models to train autonomous driving models... it is statistically better than the average human driver." The validation of World Models by Waymo (Google) confirms the specific architectural path Tesla has taken. As World Models mature, the ability to simulate infinite edge cases (training data) solves the final hurdle for Full Self-Driving (FSD) regulatory approval and safety. Long Tesla as a beneficiary of World Model technology applied to real-world robotics and autonomy. Competition from Waymo (which uses higher fidelity sensors/Lidar mapped into Genie 3); regulatory delays.
TSLA LONG
12:27
Feb 07
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Ejaaz Ahamadeen Co-Host, Limitless Podcast (Bankless) long-term
Ejaaz explicitly states, "I know that I'm buying Tesla today." This contradicts the AI dashboard's "Hold" rating, which cited high valuation and execution risks. There is an asymmetry between market sentiment (bearish due to declining stock price) and the technological reality of AI/Robotics. The host believes the market is underpricing the convergence of AGI and robotics (Robotaxi/FSD). LONG (Contrarian play against the AI's own advice). Execution failure on Robotaxi or FSD licensing delays.
TSLA LONG
Ejaaz Ahamadeen Co-Host, Limitless Podcast (Bankless) short-term
"Microsoft over the last two weeks... the stock is down 20%. It's trading like a meme stock." Investors are panic-selling software stocks out of fear that advanced coding models (like Codex 5.3) will replace human software teams, thereby reducing the total addressable market for developer tools and SaaS seats. AVOID until the market repricing of the "AI deflationary effect" on SaaS stabilizes. Microsoft successfully integrates these models to increase margins, reversing the bearish sentiment.
MSFT AVOID
Josh Kale Co-Host, Limitless Podcast (Bankless) medium-term
The AI-generated stock dashboard explicitly verdicts Google as a "Buy." The analysis states: "Alphabet offers the best value in mega cap tech... cheap valuation." While the market is fearful of the massive CapEx spending ($500B combined with Amazon), the fundamental valuation remains low relative to its dominant AI capabilities and search moat stability. LONG based on value and AI dominance. Regulatory challenges or a breakdown in the search moat.
GOOGL LONG
Ejaaz Ahamadeen Co-Host, Limitless Podcast (Bankless) medium-term
"Amazon and Google are about to spend a combined $500 billion worth of CapEx this year." The constraint on AI progress is energy and compute. If the hyperscalers are committing half a trillion dollars to infrastructure, the primary beneficiary remains the chip supplier (Nvidia), justifying why the chips are "worth so much." LONG as the primary beneficiary of the CapEx war. A sudden reduction in hyperscaler CapEx spending.
NVDA LONG
12:11
Feb 06
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Ejaaz Ahamadeen Co-Host, Limitless Podcast (Bankless) medium-term
Google reported record earnings (Search +17%, Cloud up) but the stock is crashing because they announced $185 billion in CapEx for 2026. Microsoft is down 21% and Amazon is increasing CapEx despite beating expectations. The market interprets high CapEx as a risk to margins/free cash flow. However, the speakers argue this is a mispricing: scaling laws are holding, and demand for compute is infinite (Sundar Pichai cannot meet demand). The massive spend is necessary to secure future dominance, and current fundamentals (revenue/users) are stronger than the price action suggests. LONG. The market is "wrong" about the AI bubble popping; this is a buying opportunity on high-quality compounders aggressively investing in their future. Scaling laws hit a wall (diminishing returns on "dollars in, intelligence out") or supply chain gluts occur.
MSFT LONG GOOGL LONG AMZN LONG
Ejaaz Ahamadeen Co-Host, Limitless Podcast (Bankless) short-term
Apple is up 7% this week while the rest of the "Mag 7" are down double digits. Investors are using Apple as a defensive haven because it has "no exposure" to the AI CapEx war (spending $0 relative to Google's $185B). It cannot be hurt by margin compression if it isn't playing the game. WATCH. While it is the current "winner" of price action, the speakers view this as a negative long-term signal ("washed up," "failed to participate"), implying the outperformance is purely defensive positioning rather than fundamental growth. The market realizes Apple has missed the AI innovation cycle completely, leading to long-term irrelevance.
AAPL WATCH
Josh Kale Co-Host, Limitless Podcast (Bankless) medium-term
Hyperscalers (Google, Microsoft, etc.) have committed to ~$680 billion in combined CapEx for 2026. Nvidia stock is down 11% alongside the broader tech sell-off. One company's expense is another's revenue. Jensen Huang's projection of "half a trillion dollars of revenue" is directly validated by the hyperscalers' CapEx announcements. The $185 billion Google is spending is flowing primarily to GPUs and infrastructure. LONG. The panic selling in Nvidia ignores the confirmed massive inflow of capital from its largest customers. Regulatory intervention or a sudden halt in hyperscaler spending if ROI proves elusive.
NVDA LONG
12:04
Feb 04
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Ejaaz Ahamadeen Co-Host, Limitless Podcast (Bankless) long-term
Ejaaz questions Nvidia's dominance, asking, "If GPUs end up getting replaced by orbital satellites produced by SpaceX themselves... I don't really see how NVIDIA maintains its position as number one." The Musk thesis relies on vertical integration—building proprietary data centers in space using proprietary energy and potentially proprietary silicon (Dojo/Tesla chips). If the "Space AI" paradigm shifts value from the chip designer (Nvidia) to the launch/energy provider (SpaceX), Nvidia's moat erodes. WATCH for signs of compute spend shifting from merchant silicon (Nvidia) to vertically integrated space infrastructure. Space data centers continue to use Nvidia chips (Colossus clusters currently use Nvidia), negating the bearish thesis.
NVDA WATCH
Josh Kale Co-Host, Limitless Podcast (Bankless) medium-term
Josh notes that Tesla is currently the "only public instrument" to gain exposure to the Musk ecosystem. He cites Elon Musk's post stating, "Loyalty deserves loyalty," implying Tesla shareholders will get priority access to a SpaceX/xAI IPO. If SpaceX/xAI IPOs or merges with Tesla, TSLA stock becomes a proxy for the $1.25T private entity. The "dual track" pressure forces a repricing of TSLA to include the probability of receiving pre-IPO shares or a merger premium. LONG as the primary vehicle for "Musk Industries" exposure. Regulatory blocking of a mega-merger; SpaceX IPO excludes Tesla holders despite rumors.
TSLA LONG
Josh Kale Co-Host, Limitless Podcast (Bankless) long-term
Josh states that Starlink's Direct-to-Cell terminals will "replace companies like Verizon and T-Mobile, AT&T" because the service works directly with existing phones (rumored iPhone 18 support). As Starship launches V3 satellites at scale (20x output of Falcon 9), the bandwidth capacity will be sufficient to render terrestrial cell towers obsolete for many users. Legacy telecoms face an existential threat from a global, space-based competitor with lower infrastructure maintenance costs. SHORT the legacy infrastructure providers facing disruption. Regulatory protectionism for US carriers; Starlink bandwidth saturation/latency issues.
VZ SHORT T SHORT TMUS SHORT
Josh Kale Co-Host, Limitless Podcast (Bankless) medium-term
Josh highlights that Google owns 7.5% of SpaceX and approximately 15% of Anthropic. Investors seeking exposure to the SpaceX monopoly or top-tier AI labs (Anthropic) cannot buy them directly. Google effectively acts as a holding company/ETF for these premier private assets, currently undervalued relative to the sum of its parts. LONG as a "hidden asset" play on the private space/AI boom. Antitrust action forcing Google to divest these stakes; underperformance of Google's core search business.
GOOGL LONG
Ejaaz Ahamadeen Co-Host, Limitless Podcast (Bankless) long-term
Ejaaz suggests that competitors to xAI (like OpenAI/Anthropic) will need space access to compete on compute, stating they might "go with someone like Blue Origin, Amazon maybe bullish." If SpaceX monopolizes its launch capacity for xAI/Grok, the rest of the AI industry must find an alternative launch provider. Blue Origin (linked to Amazon/Bezos) is the only viable alternative capital-rich competitor, positioning Amazon to capture the "anti-Musk" space infrastructure market. LONG as the hedge/alternative infrastructure play. Blue Origin fails to reach orbit/scale; SpaceX maintains a total monopoly on cost-efficient launch.
AMZN LONG
11:01
Feb 03
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Ejaaz Ahamadeen Co-Host, Limitless Podcast (Bankless) medium-term
"There are massive security flaws in operating this entire system... spinning up this agent on your computer and then giving it access... Imagine if it posted all your passwords... I accidentally socially engineered my own human." The shift from "Chatbot" (cloud-hosted) to "Agent" (locally hosted with file access) obliterates the traditional security perimeter. If agents can read local files and trick users, legacy firewalls are useless. This necessitates Zero Trust architecture (ZS/PANW), Endpoint Detection (CRWD), and rigorous Identity Management (OKTA) to prevent authorized agents from performing unauthorized actions. LONG. As Agentic AI scales, the attack surface moves to the endpoint and identity layer. AI agents evolving faster than defensive software can patch vulnerabilities; "alert fatigue" for security teams.
CRWD LONG PANW LONG OKTA LONG ZS LONG
Ejaaz Ahamadeen Co-Host, Limitless Podcast (Bankless) long-term
"This is not a Moltbook only problem... I think that this is something that is probably happening with OpenAI's agent framework, with Google's agent framework, and probably with Anthropics as well." Moltbook is a small-scale experiment (1.5M agents). The real scale lies with the hyperscalers (Google, Microsoft/OpenAI, Amazon/Anthropic). As "Agentic Workflows" replace simple "Chat Prompts," the compute intensity (inference costs) per user skyrockets. An agent running 24/7 to "fix code" or "audit security" consumes vastly more tokens than a human typing a query. LONG. The "Agent" shift is a multiplier on compute revenue for the cloud giants. High inference costs making the business model unprofitable; safety failures causing a regulatory pause on agent deployment.
GOOGL LONG MSFT LONG AMZN LONG
Josh Kale Co-Host, Limitless Podcast (Bankless) long-term
"They've already begun to mobilize. So now they have payment rails through crypto... They can purchase things on Amazon for you now." AI Agents cannot open traditional bank accounts (they cannot pass KYC/AML checks). Therefore, the "Agent Economy" (Machine-to-Machine commerce) will default to permissionless blockchain rails. This creates structural demand for crypto assets (ETH/SOL) as currency and benefits the infrastructure providers (COIN) that bridge the gap between fiat and the agent economy. LONG. Agents are the first net-new economic actors that *must* use crypto. Regulatory crackdowns on non-KYC transactions; agents losing funds due to wallet exploits.
COIN LONG ETH LONG SOL LONG
Josh Kale Co-Host, Limitless Podcast (Bankless) medium-term
"Hopefully we'll get some sort of verification reputation layer that can prove when we're looking at a human... reverse CAPTCHA to verify that you are not human." As the internet floods with indistinguishable AI content (the "Dead Internet Theory"), the premium on "Proof of Personhood" spikes. Worldcoin (WLD) is explicitly designed to solve the "is this a human?" problem via biometric verification. While not explicitly named, the problem set described perfectly matches the WLD thesis. WATCH. The problem is real, but the specific token's utility and regulatory hurdles remain high. Privacy backlash; government bans on biometric data collection.
WLD WATCH