$GOOGL · Google best positioned to win model race due to massive cash flow funding continuous data center investment

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Encord has just raised a $60m Series C: An interview with Co-CEO and Co-founder Eric Landau

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Google best positioned to win model race due to massive cash flow funding continuous data center investment

2026-02-26 · 8 company · 7 thematic

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eric landau

Former particle physicist and quantitative trader of 10 years who left finance during COVID to build Encord, a data infrastructure platform for physical AI. Believes AI is the generational platform shift comparable to early internet.

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“if I was to be a like purely betting man, I would say that probably the company that's attached to the biggest C cash machine will win, which is, uh, Google. I mean, they're, um, you know, they have a huge ATM in their pocket that's consta…”

—eric landau

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Google best positioned to win model race due to massive cash flow funding continuous data center investment

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