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Can an AI briefing prevent a second elevator service call?

Nov 3, 2026

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Can an AI briefing prevent a second elevator service call?

What TK Elevator’s technicians, Microsoft’s engineers and data center operators can measure after the AI finishes.

Machines and Money team
Machines and Money team
AWS earned $17.8 billion. Who paid for the servers?

Nov 2, 2026

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AWS earned $17.8 billion. Who paid for the servers?

Amazon’s cash bill, Microsoft’s equipment purchases and the costs outside Google Cloud’s margin.

Machines and Money team
Machines and Money team

AI adoption

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AI adoption has a small-business gap

Oct 16, 2026

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AI adoption has a small-business gap

The implementation work between a good demo and a customer who can run it.

AI adoption

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AI’s next bottleneck is permission

Oct 14, 2026

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AI’s next bottleneck is permission

A new builder survey points to security as a deployment problem. Here’s what buyers should ask to see.

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The cheapest agent can be the most expensive worker

Oct 13, 2026

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The cheapest agent can be the most expensive worker

Measure the cost of finished work, including review, retries and corrections.

Oracle’s customers are financing the AI buildout

Oct 9, 2026

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Oracle’s customers are financing the AI buildout

FOLLOW THE MONEY: customer prepayments, the cash-flow gap, and the electricity bill.

Machines and Money team
Machines and Money team
The robot is a subscription. The risk is not.

Oct 8, 2026

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The robot is a subscription. The risk is not.

PLUS: Hitachi and FANUC test the factory, while Agility tests the path to scale.

120,000 emails. Where’s the AI payoff?

Oct 7, 2026

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120,000 emails. Where’s the AI payoff?

PLUS: Anthropic’s training bet and the operating cost of sovereign AI.

Kyle Kelly
Kyle Kelly

compute

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The $856 Billion Factory Behind the Chatbot

Oct 5, 2026

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The $856 Billion Factory Behind the Chatbot

OpenAI reportedly expects revenue to grow almost tenfold by 2030. It also expects to burn $278 billion getting there.

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