Senior VP and portfolio manager leading Franklin Templeton's venture fund; investor in Anthropic and other AI infrastructure companies.
no scored calls yet — needs a stated position or a categorical verdict, with a matured window vs SPY
Anthropic gains diversified compute supply through AMD's 2GW rack-scale commitment while AMD gets a flagship customer; Franklin Venture sees this as early innings for compute demand.
SpaceX remains a private asset with unresolved cap table liquidity needs; Starlink serves rural markets well but faces structural barriers in dense urban areas against fiber/wireless bundles.
Franklin's venture portfolio (including Anthropic) has compute access but supply chain bottlenecks and rising costs persist; long-term supply should correct as demand scales.