Cash is a bet on the widening AI capability gap

The point is that holding capital can be rational when the useful frontier is moving faster than you can spend

The people raising tons of money right very well understand there’s an enormous capabilities gap between now and 1.5-2 years from now Sitting on a horde of cash and chilling is actually a winning move. Skate to where the puck is going
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