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Erik says oil's transformation into relatively commoditized tradable assets shows compute might also be commoditized, but the outcome remains uncertain.
Unresolved speaker · Why AI Compute Comes in Rectangles — Erik Bernhardsson, Modal CEO · 22 Oct 2026
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“I mean, that being said, like, you can say the same thing about oil and, like, we kind of created, like, you know, relatively commoditized, you know, tradable assets out of oil. It remains to be seen.”31:11Report a misattribution
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