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anastasia angelopoulos

T2 · manager / operator

Runs Arena, an AI benchmarking platform with tens of millions of users performing real-world coding, math, and agentic workflows. Provides expert analysis on model performance trends and open vs closed source dynamics.

3 calls·3 names·67% bull·last heard 2 months ago·The Information
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no scored calls yet — needs a stated position or a categorical verdict, with a matured window vs SPY

top calls

highest conviction · one per company
1sthigh conviction
$GOOGLGoogle

Arena CEO bets on Google comeback with Gemini 4, cites exceptional team quality

Anastasia Angelopoulos expresses strong conviction in Google's AI team and predicts a competitive comeback with Gemini 4, despite current delays in Gemini 3.5.

The Information2026-07episode →
2ndhigh conviction
$MOONSHOT-AIMoonshot AI

Moonshot AI's Kimi K3 tops coding benchmarks at Sonnet-level cost, threatening closed-source dominance

Kimi K3 achieves frontier-level coding performance (beating GPT-4.5 and Fable) at Claude Sonnet pricing ($3/$3 per token), breaking the paradigm that open-source models only offer 50% quality at 10% cost. This could trigger value accrual to open-weight models and undermine the compute economics driven by closed-source optimism.

The Information2026-07episode →
3rdmedium conviction
$THINKING-MACHINESThinking Machines Lab

Thinking Machines Lab's Inkling ranks #1 US open-source model but only #10 globally behind Chinese rivals

Inkling is the first model from Thinking Machines Lab and leads US open-source models, but ranks only #10 overall (nine Chinese models above it) and #37 including closed-source models, indicating a long climb to frontier parity despite the team's restructuring.

The Information2026-07episode →

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Google
HIGHanastasia angelopoulos·The Information·2 months ago·The Model That Beat Claude & ChatGPT, The Nvidia GPU Crunch Continues, Beehiiv’s Social Tools
Arena CEO bets on Google comeback with Gemini 4, cites exceptional team quality
Anastasia Angelopoulos expresses strong conviction in Google's AI team and predicts a competitive comeback with Gemini 4, despite current delays in Gemini 3.5.
"I actually have huge belief in the Google team. You should see those people. They're really smart. Their team is like excellent. Excellent... I think they're good. I expect the co…"
19:14
$MOONSHOT-AI
Moonshot AI
HIGHanastasia angelopoulos·The Information·2 months ago·The Model That Beat Claude & ChatGPT, The Nvidia GPU Crunch Continues, Beehiiv’s Social Tools
Moonshot AI's Kimi K3 tops coding benchmarks at Sonnet-level cost, threatening closed-source dominance
Kimi K3 achieves frontier-level coding performance (beating GPT-4.5 and Fable) at Claude Sonnet pricing ($3/$3 per token), breaking the paradigm that open-source models only offer 50% quality at 10% cost. This could trigger value accrual to open-weight models and undermine the compute economics driven by closed-source optimism.
"Kimmy K3 is at the top. It's number one in frontend code arena. So, it's the best at the sort of lovable vibe coding use case. Now the best model in the world for that of course f…"
1:27
$THINKING-MACHINES
Thinking Machines Lab
MEDanastasia angelopoulos·The Information·2 months ago·The Model That Beat Claude & ChatGPT, The Nvidia GPU Crunch Continues, Beehiiv’s Social Tools
Thinking Machines Lab's Inkling ranks #1 US open-source model but only #10 globally behind Chinese rivals
Inkling is the first model from Thinking Machines Lab and leads US open-source models, but ranks only #10 overall (nine Chinese models above it) and #37 including closed-source models, indicating a long climb to frontier parity despite the team's restructuring.
"Inkling is the first open-source model to be released uh by Thinky... England came out at the top of the US open-source race today. That said, it is not yet a frontier model by an…"
12:13
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Open Source AItailwind
Chinese open-source models achieve frontier performance at reasonable cost, threatening closed-source business models
Kimi K3 demonstrates Chinese labs can develop (not just distill) frontier models, delivering top-tier coding performance at Sonnet-level pricing. This breaks the '50% quality at 10% cost' paradigm and could shift value accrual to open-weight models, pressuring closed-source providers' compute-dependent economics.
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AI Geopolitics & Export Controlsheadwind
US and Chinese governments escalating model export controls; enterprises unwilling to build stacks on Chinese models despite performance
Both governments are moving toward restricting cross-border model access (China export-controlling its models, US banning Chinese models). Geopolitical risk prevents Western enterprises from adopting Chinese open-weight models despite their performance, creating urgent need for competitive US open-source alternatives.
8
AI Economics & Business Modelstailwind
Open-source monetization shifting to inference hosting and licensing revenue shares; backstop deals enable massive data center financing
Chinese model providers monetize open weights by becoming preferred inference hosts or licensing with revenue shares. Meanwhile, hyperscalers (Nvidia, Google) provide backstop guarantees to lenders financing $50-60B gigawatt data centers, mitigating credit risk for AI developers (OpenAI, Anthropic, xAI) lacking credit ratings.