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Stanford: Fitch is conducting a consultation on securitizing compute

Scott Stanford · Special Edition MOL with Josh Wolfe, Rachel Holt, Scott Belsky, Scott Stanford, and Peter Deng. · More or Less Podcast · Aug 14, 2026 · at 34:17

Acme Capital founder Scott Stanford discusses credit rating agencies attempting to evaluate novel compute securitization structures.

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“Fitch is doing the rating work right now, and they have an open consultation, which basically means they're trying to figure out which end is up because no one's ever securitized compute.”

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