ComputeGal is a thought-leadership platform on the economics of compute — the cost, currency, and consequence of intelligence at scale. Sharp analysis, zero hand-waving, a little bit of attitude.
Compute is no longer a line item — it's the substrate of the modern economy. We study who pays, who profits, and who gets left holding the GPU bill.
Where the flops come from, what they really cost, and why the price of intelligence keeps bending the wrong way for the little guy.
Concentration, bottlenecks, and the quiet monopolies forming around chips, power, and the data centers that house them.
Who gets to compute? We translate the geopolitics of compute into plain English — with receipts.
Long-form analysis, sharp memos, and the occasional well-earned rant. New pieces drop weekly.
Why the real constraint on intelligence is watts, not wafers.
When clusters become collateral, the unit economics get weird.
A map of the players, the margins, and the moats nobody talks about.
Export controls, chip bans, and what it means for everyone else.
Economists, engineers, and the occasional recovering operator. We keep the egos small and the footnotes big.
If data is the new oil, compute is the refinery — and we're only just noticing who owns the pipes.
ComputeGal is an independent think tank. No vendor sponsorships, no "thought leadership" that's really a sales deck. We publish what the compute economy needs said out loud — clearly, and with a little flair.
Every claim sourced. Every model disclosed. Every conflict noted. Boring on purpose.
Got a hot take with evidence? We commission pieces from outside voices.
If we can't explain it to a smart non-economist, it's not ready to publish.
Pitch a piece, propose a collaboration, or just tell us we're wrong — politely, with citations.
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