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▶ 63:30 · AI Applications · AI increases demand for human experts via 'human sandwich' model
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Starship Launch, World's Fair Retrospective, Matt Grimm Does the Murph, Big China Moves

2026-05-22 · 9 company · 8 thematic
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dan shipper

Runs Every, an AI media software and education company. Heavy user of frontier AI models (tested GPT-5.6 with 30-person team for a month) and writes about AI product experience.

james rogers
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AI Infrastructuretailwindscore 7/10unknown
Token cost optimization becomes critical as LLM inference scales
Microsoft's internal shift from Claude Code to Copilot CLI driven by token billing costs signals industry-wide pressure to optimize token spend; Aaron Levy (Box) predicts token price optimi…
Memory & Storagetailwindscore 8/10unknown
AI agent boom triggers structural memory shortage, boosting DRAM leaders
Longer context windows for agentic AI create unprecedented DRAM demand; Micron's 1-alpha DRAM production in US positions it as primary beneficiary of industry-wide memory shortage.
Space Economytailwindscore 7/10unknown
SpaceX Starship unlocks $28.5T space data center opportunity
Starship's reusability and payload capacity enable orbital data centers; SpaceX filing cites $28.5T TAM including space-based compute, with Starlink already generating $10-20B run rate on e…
AI Applicationstailwindscore 8/10dan shipper
AI increases demand for human experts via 'human sandwich' model
AI collapses task execution but humans remain essential for framing and evaluation; expert humans needed to turn AI's 'yesterday's competence' into differentiated value, creating more high-…
SaaS Business Modelstailwindscore 7/10dan shipper
SaaS apocalypse overblown: maintenance burden protects incumbents
Vibe coding lowers creation barrier but 99% of users won't maintain custom software; SaaS stocks attractive as distribution and trust become moats in agent era.
AI Agentstailwindscore 8/10dan shipper
Codex native apps emerge as new UX paradigm for knowledge work
Agents running inside browser tabs alongside humans (Codex native apps) collapse hours of tasks into minutes while keeping human as 'sandwich' on both ends; increases demand for human exper…
Agriculture Technologytailwindscore 8/10james rogers
Plant-based shelf-life extension proves commercially viable at scale
Appeal's coating uses food's own plant oils to extend shelf life 4x (avocados, citrus, berries); 60% US avocado adoption proves product-market fit; EU regulatory approval with zero intake l…
Geopolitics & Tradetailwindscore 6/10unknown
CATL backs DeepSeek as Chinese EV giants pivot to AI
Battery leader CATL investing in AI startup DeepSeek while BYD explores F1 entry signals Chinese tech conglomerates expanding beyond core into AI and global sports branding.