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Who trains and serves the models, and the economics of doing it.

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Theses

Models & labs · Thesis 87

Will Microsoft report a company-wide gross margin percentage for the quarter ending June 30, 2027 that is at least 100 basis points above the same quarter of fiscal 2025, as disclosed in its SEC filings?

6 questions7 people
Models & labs · Thesis 89

Will the median trailing gross margin of US-listed AI-native application software companies reporting AI inference as cost of revenue be at least 70% in their fiscal 2027 filings?

6 questions5 people
Models & labs · Thesis 92

Will US data center electricity consumption, as reported by EIA, grow at least 15% year-over-year in the most recent full-year or twelve-month figure published before 2027-12-31?

11 questions7 people
Models & labs · Thesis 127

Will an open-weight model match or be within 2 points of the top closed model on a major coding benchmark before 2027-12-31?

27 questions10 people
Models & labs · Thesis 128

Will the published list price per million output tokens of the flagship frontier models from OpenAI and Anthropic fall by 50% or more from their 2026-01-01 levels by 2027-12-31?

15 questions9 people
Models & labs · Thesis 130

Will the per-million-output-token list price of the flagship frontier models from OpenAI and Anthropic fall by at least 40% from their 2025 levels by the end of 2027?

21 questions7 people
Models & labs · Thesis 132

Will a major foundation model provider publicly disclose model/inference gross margin above 60% in a filing or audited disclosure before 2027-12-31?

16 questions6 people
AI financing · Part 02

SpaceX after the IPO: exit liquidity, or the next ten-bagger?

4 questions3 people
Models & labs · Part 05

What does a frontier lab sell: a commodity, or a premium?

5 questions4 people
Models & labs · Part 12

Does the frontier model still command a price?

5 questions23 people

Open questions

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Models & labs · settles Oct 285 days
Will Alphabet's third-quarter 2026 results give a dollar size or share for TPU or Anthropic contracts in Google Cloud's backlog?
23 people · 23 claims3 sides3 machines
If no

The filing sets the price

A lab's valuation rests on provable revenue, so a disclosed contract figure here would be read as hard evidence of that revenue.

a side

The frontier is still paid

Dollars stay concentrated at the frontier, so a disclosed TPU or Anthropic figure would confirm large committed frontier spending.

Models & labs · settles Oct 296 days
Will Amazon's third-quarter 2026 results name a customer at 10 percent or more of AWS revenue, or give Anthropic's AWS revenue share?
23 people · 23 claims3 sides3 machines
If no

The filing sets the price

A lab's valuation needs provable revenue, so a disclosed Anthropic AWS share here would be read as hard evidence of that revenue.

a side

The frontier is still paid

Dollars stay concentrated at the frontier, so a named large customer or disclosed Anthropic share would confirm that concentration.

Models & labs · settles Nov 1826 days
Will Nvidia name OpenAI or Anthropic as a 10 percent customer, or disclose their revenue share, by November 18, 2026?
23 people · 23 claims3 sides3 machines
If no

Open weights set the price

Expects cheaper open-weight models to take volume, diluting any single lab's share below a disclosable concentration threshold.

If yes

The frontier is still paid

Expects frontier labs' spending to stay concentrated and large enough that Nvidia would have to disclose their revenue share.

Models & labs · settles Oct 285 days
Will Microsoft's research and development spending reach at least 10.8 percent of revenue for the quarter ending September 30, 2026?
7 people · 7 claims2 sides2 machines
If no

Cost per token falls faster than price

Yes if Microsoft keeps research spending steady or raises it while revenue growth cools, lifting the ratio to 10.8 percent or higher.

If yes

The case against it

No if revenue grows faster than research spending, pulling the ratio below 10.8 percent as efficiency improves.

Models & labs · settles Oct 285 days
Will Microsoft's research and development spending reach at least 11.3 percent of its revenue in the quarter ended September 30, 2026?
7 people · 7 claims2 sides2 machines
If no

Cost per token falls faster than price

Expects AI inference costs to keep falling faster than prices, supporting steady or higher research spending as a share of revenue at or above 11.3 percent.

If yes

The case against it

Expects tight compute supply and falling token prices to squeeze margins, holding research spending share of revenue below 11.3 percent.

Models & labs · settles Oct 285 days
Will Microsoft's research and development spending reach at least 11.9 percent of its revenue in the quarter ended September 30, 2026?
7 people · 7 claims2 sides2 machines
If no

Cost per token falls faster than price

Expects AI inference costs to keep falling faster than prices, supporting steady or higher research spending as a share of revenue at or above 11.9 percent.

If yes

The case against it

Expects tight compute supply and falling token prices to squeeze margins, holding research spending share of revenue below 11.9 percent.

Models & labs · settles Oct 285 days
Will Alphabet's research and development spending reach at least 14.8 percent of its revenue in the quarter ended September 30, 2026?
7 people · 7 claims2 sides2 machines
If no

Cost per token falls faster than price

Expects AI inference costs to keep falling faster than prices, supporting steady or higher research spending as a share of revenue at or above 14.8 percent.

If yes

The case against it

Expects tight compute supply and falling token prices to squeeze margins, holding research spending share of revenue below 14.8 percent.

Models & labs · settles Oct 285 days
Will Alphabet's R&D spending for Q3 2026 be at least 15.3% of its revenue?
7 people · 7 claims2 sides2 machines
If no

Cost per token falls faster than price

Expects AI cost efficiencies to free up cash, letting R&D stay a steady or rising share of revenue near or above the last print of 15.2%.

If yes

The case against it

Expects revenue to outpace R&D growth, or a one-time cost shift, pulling the ratio below the last print of 15.2%.

Models & labs · settles Oct 285 days
Will Alphabet's R&D spending hit at least 15.9% of revenue in Q3 2026?
7 people · 7 claims2 sides2 machines
If no

Cost per token falls faster than price

Yes, expects R&D to stay heavy as AI investment keeps outpacing revenue growth, pushing the ratio up from recent quarters.

If yes

The case against it

No, expects revenue growth or cost discipline to keep R&D below 15.9% of sales, as seen in the prior quarter's 15.2%.

Models & labs · settles Oct 296 days
Will Amazon's revenue grow at least 15.5% in Q3 2026 versus Q3 2025?
5 people · 5 claims2 sides2 machines
If no

The case against it

No, expects growth to slow toward analyst estimates near 12.2%, landing below 15.5%.

If yes

Cost per token falls faster than price

Yes, expects growth to stay close to the roughly 20% pace seen in the prior quarter, well above analyst estimates.

Models & labs · settles Oct 285 days
Will Microsoft's revenue grow at least 15.5% in Q3 2026 versus Q3 2025?
5 people · 5 claims2 sides2 machines
If no

The case against it

No, expects growth to slow below 15.5%, missing both the prior quarter's pace and analyst estimates.

If yes

Cost per token falls faster than price

Yes, expects growth to stay near the 17.7% pace seen in the prior quarter, matching analyst estimates around 16.7%.