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The Secret Tech Shift That Will Kill 90% of Software Companies

2026-02-17 · 6 company · 3 thematic

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Antonio Linares runs a concentrated six-stock portfolio plus micro investments, focusing on 'singularity scalers' — companies with proprietary data moats that compound value via AI scaling laws. He bought Palantir at ~$7, held through 2022-2024 drawdowns, and teaches a course on modern value creation processes. His framework emphasizes betting early on extraordinary companies, holding forever, and learning from concentrated mistakes.

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“So, for example, I hypothesize that the ontology that's going to dominate health care is Hims. The ontology that's going to dominate education is Duolingo. The ontology that's going to dominate industry is Palantir. The ontology that's goi…”

—antonio linares

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$HIMS···bullish· lowantonio linares

Hims hypothesized as primary healthcare ontology with inconceivable upside

Hims could become the dominant ontology in healthcare by accumulating exhaustive treatment-outcome data across demographics, genetics, and lifestyle, enabling higher success rates…

$DUOL···bullish· lowantonio linares

Duolingo seen as straightforward education ontology winner with less regulatory friction

Duolingo's language-learning data and lack of incumbent regulatory friction position it to become the primary education ontology, where marginal personalization advantages compoun…

$TSLA···bullish· lowantonio linares

Tesla hypothesized as autonomy ontology combining code and physical infrastructure

Tesla's combination of software iteration speed and physical vehicle fleet data creates a unique ontology for autonomy that pure software players cannot replicate.

$PLTR···bullish· lowantonio linares

Palantir hypothesized as dominant industry ontology

Palantir's deep enterprise data integration across industrial and government sectors could make it the definitive ontology for industry, capturing exhaustive operational reality.

$SPOT···bullish· high· posantonio linares

Host reveals massive Spotify position with $1,000 fair value target on ontology thesis

Spotify has built a proprietary data moat and agentic backend that will exponentiate iteration speed, turning it into a 'singularity scalar' where free cash flow per share rises e…

$SHOP···bullish· mediumantonio linares

Shopify's Universal Commerce Protocol positions it as e-commerce ontology winner

Shopify's exhaustive merchant data (14% of US e-commerce) and new Universal Commerce Protocol let LLMs transact directly on its ontology, creating a flywheel where more LLM traffi…

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