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The threads we follow
The daily moves fast, but a few throughlines run under all of it. Each topic collects the framing and the best issues we have written, all linking to the newsletter.
Chips & Export Controls
Ascend, SMIC, HBM, and the US control regime
Frontier Labs
DeepSeek, Moonshot, Zhipu, and the model race
Open Models
Open weights as China’s distribution strategy
Compute & Powerearly
Data centers, the grid, and the electricity edge
Memory & HBMearly
DRAM, NAND, and the HBM bottleneck
Embodied AIearly
Humanoids, robotics, and the capital flood
AI Policy & Regulationearly
Beijing’s rules, Washington’s controls
Capital & Marketsearly
Raises, IPOs, and the state’s money
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