hyperscaler

also referred to as: hyperscalers

10 statements across 10 episodes · 4 bullish · 3 bearish · 7 people on the record · first statement Nov 14, 2024 by John Coogan · across every show →

Everything said about hyperscaler, oldest first

Nov 14, 2024 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Coogan: Only OpenAI and Hyperscalers Can Build Gigawatt Data Centers
“OpenAI is the most well-funded, and so they're the ones, other than the hyperscalers, they're the ones that can actually go and build, like, the gigawatt data center, which is, like, a new thing that needs to be built. It, like, physically needs to exist befor…”
John Coogan Nov 14, 2024 ▶ 2:56:49 Low T levels at Y-Combinator (ep9)
Mar 9, 2025 bullish
Assertion Contradicted
Carter: CoreWeave built AI-specific synchronous HPC clusters before any hyperscaler
“It really is you know, they built with the idea of HPC big performant synchronous HPC clusters in mind when absolutely no one was doing that. None of the hyperscalers were doing that. And then now, of course, everybody's realized AI specific data centers make …”
Nic Carter Mar 9, 2025 ▶ 7:40 Nic Carter talks crypto, meme coins, and the regulatory environment.
Mar 12, 2025 bearish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Lessin: OpenAI is trapped in the middle and will lose
“Candidly, even companies like open AI, or should we say nonprofits like open AI, the problem is they're kind of in the middle, you know, they can't compete. With the hyperscalers from just access to capital perspective. If this is a capital game, they're going…”
Sam Lessin Mar 12, 2025 ▶ 7:26 Sam Lessin on Meta, Artificial Intelligence, and Investing in Creators.
Mar 17, 2025
Opinion
Lessin: Being a $10B public company is a dumb place to be
“There's no such thing as being a ten billion dollar public company anymore. It's just like a dumb place to be. No one cares, right? You either want to be a hyperscaler, right?”
Sam Lessin Mar 17, 2025 ▶ 23:38 The GREAT VC AI DEBATE between Slow Ventures and Greylock Partners.
Jun 14, 2025 neutral
Assertion Supported
Every major hyperscaler except Apple has acqui-hired an AI lab
“Every major hyperscaler except for apple now, Has basically done one of these like interesting aqua hires of a foundation model lab to kind of juice up their AI efforts.”
John Coogan Jun 14, 2025 ▶ 18:14 Weekly Recap: Apple WWDC, Andrew Huberman, YC Demo Day, Intern Phone Assembly, $14B Meta x Scale
Oct 9, 2025 bearish
Opinion
Rosenthal: Hidden systemic leverage in tech ecosystem exceeds corporate balance sheets
“I think there's more leverage in the system than the balance sheets would show.”
David Rosenthal Oct 9, 2025 ▶ 29:02 Acquired Podcast Hosts Break Down Google’s $1 Trillion Mistake
Dec 17, 2025 bullish
Opinion
The Magnificent Seven tech stocks, excluding Tesla, currently have reasonable valuations
“Mag seven minus Tesla have reasonable valuations, and the hyperscalers have more demand than they can handle.”
John Coogan Dec 17, 2025 ▶ 26:24 Ford PULLS BACK EV Investment
Feb 18, 2026 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
McCormick: AI labs will become profitable hyperscalers like cloud
“It seems like the labs will Turn into sort of new hyperscalers. There will be you know, increased competition, but still very, very good businesses a la cloud.”
Packy McCormick Feb 18, 2026 ▶ 22:38 The Secret Economics Controlling OpenAI, Anthropic, and the AI Boom
Jul 29, 2026 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Kim: $200B in Current Hyperscaler AI CapEx Will Generate Massive Free Cash Flow
“So that's why you're investing two hundred billion dollars now, and in a year or two, we're gonna see insane amounts of free cash flow.”
Tae Kim Jul 29, 2026 ▶ 16:12 RSI Is Closer Than People Think, Per Tae Kim
Jul 30, 2026 bearish
Opinion
Shkreli: Big Tech FOMOed into AI capex as hard as Leopold Aschenbrenner
“You had the hyperscalers and the big companies, they FOMO'd too. They FOMO'd just as hard as Leopold did, right? If not harder. So this isn't just him. It's the whole world collectively saying, fuck, I gotta go all in in AI. And it's, and who had the guts, you…”
Martin Shkreli Jul 30, 2026 ▶ 18:20 Martin Shkreli Breaks Down the Collapse of Situational Awareness
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