Issue No. 4 · 10 May 2026
The Chip-Tier Verdict — AMD Hands OpenAI and Meta 320 Million Shares for a Penny Each, Arista Pays in Margin, the Capex Thesis Holds
Vendor financing as equity. ANET takes 35% with 180bps of margin compression to keep two customers. Meta commits 6GW of AMD GPUs. The Issue 03 hyperscaler thesis gets its chip-tier confirmation, with one strategic plot twist.
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Issue No. 3 · Amazon Just Bought a Slice of OpenAI for $50B and Sold AWS Chips Into the Bargain 27 April – 1 May 2026
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Issue No. 2 · Tim Cook Steps Down, Vertiv Confirms the Backlog Was a Floor, and Intel Says It Might Stop Making Chips 20-26 April 2026
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Issue No. 2 · Apple Hands the Hardware Engineer the Keys, Vertiv Takes a 400bp Bow, Intel Drafts Its Own Eulogy 20–26 April 2026
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