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Understanding The Past Year in AI: 200th Episode Special!

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🌌 LIMITLESS HQ ⬇️ NEWSLETTER:    https://limitlessft.substack.com/ FOLLOW ON X:   https://x.com/LimitlessFT SPOTIFY:             https://open.spotify.com/show/5oV29YUL8AzzwXkxEXlRMQ APPLE:                 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/limitless-podcast/id1813210890 RSS FEED:           https://limitlessft.substack.com/ ------ In our 200th episode, we review nearly 200 transcripts to identify recurring themes and track how the AI landscape has changed over the past 14 months.  Focusing on compute and memory as key AI investment themes, we revisit companies featured on the show and discuss future topics like specialized AI applications, local models, and space-based model training. ------ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 200th Episode Victory Lap 1:49 Early Bets Proven Right 3:44 Memory and Chip Windfalls 4:59 The Cursor Thesis Pays Off 5:34 Limitless Portfolio Returns 7:46 Where the AI Puck Goes 9:32 Trends Rising and Fading 12:57 Google’s AI Comeback 13:47 New Frontiers in AI 15:32 Space, Science, and Specialized AI 17:47 Turning Intelligence Into Value 20:15 Local Models and New Devices 22:45 Recursive AI and Geopolitics 24:56 Optimism for the Next 200 ------ RESOURCES Josh: https://x.com/JoshKale Ejaaz: https://x.com/cryptopunk7213 ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures⁠ Josh works with Anthropic as a contractor. All views expressed are his own and do not represent Anthropic, its leadership, or its affiliates. Nothing in this episode is investment advice.

Highlights

In this milestone 200th episode, the hosts reflect on the past 14 months of AI development, analyzing their own transcripts to identify key trends and investment themes that have shaped the landscape.
00:00
Massive growth in AI companies and shift to AI-generated code
01:50
Compute, energy, and chips are critical
03:45
Memory is expensive and crucial for AI.
04:59
Cursor was acquired by SpaceX for $60 billion
05:34
Valor Atomics achieved a 13x multiple
07:46
Energy needs driving nuclear investment
09:33
Anthropic mentions quadrupled, surpassing OpenAI in episode references.
13:08
Google's vertical stack includes TPUs and Gemini
13:49
AI competition shifts to OpenAI and Anthropic
15:33
Specialized AI could achieve scientific breakthroughs.
17:47
Intelligence implementation is the key challenge
20:15
Hyper-optimized small models will become more abundant.
22:45
China will close-source its AI models.
24:57
AI can democratize innovation

Chapters

200th Episode Victory Lap
00:00
Early Bets Proven Right
01:49
Memory and Chip Windfalls
03:44
The Cursor Thesis Pays Off
04:59
Limitless Portfolio Returns
05:34
Where the AI Puck Goes
07:46
Trends Rising and Fading
09:32
Google’s AI Comeback
12:57
New Frontiers in AI
13:47
Space, Science, and Specialized AI
15:32
Turning Intelligence Into Value
17:47
Local Models and New Devices
20:15
Recursive AI and Geopolitics
22:45
Optimism for the Next 200
24:56

Transcript

Ejaaz: Welcome officially to our 200th episode. 1.4 million words has been spoken by us, and 99.9% of it has been Josh and I. Arguing about who has the most compute, who has the better AI model, or which is the best AI company to invest in. Now, before we ...