Part 10Who writes the checks
Torsten Slok of Apollo says adding technology analysts’ forecasts roughly doubles the sector’s operating cash flow to about $2.4 trillion by 2028, a gain of more than $1.2 trillion.
The Bubble Is in the DenominatorPerson · Apollo
Torsten Slok
Torsten Slok appears in Part 6, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10 of The Buildout. Part 6: Power Doesn’t Depreciate. Its Premium Moves.; Part 8: AI Lenders Are Financing the End of Scarcity; Part 9: Habit Was the Moat. Agents Are Draining It.; Part 10: The Bubble Is in the Denominator. Argued in Part 8 (The cash has to triple), Part 9 (The inertia businesses), Part 10 (A long end nobody caps), Part 10 (Not the customers, yet).
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- $2THyperscaler cash-flow targetTorsten Slok’s 2030 assumption · Part 08
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Part 10 · Not the customers, yetSep 29, 2026
Wall Street equity analysts work in sector silos, and adding up their forecasts produces internally inconsistent numbers.
Part 10 · A long end nobody capsSep 21, 2026
Consensus expects hyperscalers' operating cash flow to more than triple by 2030, outpacing the sharp increase in AI-driven capex, based on FactSet and Apollo Chief Economist sources for Google, Meta, Amazon, Microsoft and Oracle.
Part 09 · The inertia businessesSep 27, 2026
Agentic AI assistants like Muse could soon automatically sweep household cash into accounts paying 3.3% to 5.0%, instead of leaving it in checking accounts earning the 0.1% national average.
Habit Was the Moat. Agents Are Draining It. Who is on each side Source
Part 08 · The cash has to tripleSep 29, 2026
Analysts covering tech expect the sector's operating cash flow to more than double to roughly $2.4 trillion by 2028, an increase of over $1.2 trillion, while analysts covering the other S&P 500 sectors, which are tech's customers, expect those…
AI Lenders Are Financing the End of Scarcity Who is on each side Source
Part 08 · The cash has to tripleSep 29, 2026
The tech silo is betting on a future in which demand for AI and tech services explodes, while the silos covering the companies that would pay for those services see a much more modest outlook, and both cannot be right at the same time.
AI Lenders Are Financing the End of Scarcity Who is on each side Source
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Part 10The bill raises the rate
Torsten Slok and Burry tie the rate rise directly to the buildout.
The Bubble Is in the DenominatorPart 09The first bill
Torsten Slok’s earlier question was who would write the checks if technology companies’ cash flow doubled while their customers’ did not.
Habit Was the Moat. Agents Are Draining It.Part 09Habit is not a moat
Torsten Slok’s fear that agents will move deposits from accounts earning the 0.1% national average to accounts yielding 3.3% to 5% is economically coherent, but Walker notes that cash-sorting fears have recurred at events including the SVB collapse and mostly failed to play out.
Habit Was the Moat. Agents Are Draining It.Part 08Who writes the checks
Torsten Slok, Apollo’s chief economist, turns the revenue question into an accounting test.
AI Lenders Are Financing the End of ScarcityPart 06The megawatt premium
Michael Burry, citing Apollo’s Torsten Slok, says private non-residential construction excluding data centers fell 7.9% year over year in June.
Power Doesn’t Depreciate. Its Premium Moves.
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