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The CUDA bet
NVIDIA's decade-early commitment to programmable GPUs as general-purpose compute, before there was a use case — which became the entire AI moat.
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Other conceptsScarcity and desireBrand mythmaking and cultureStatus goodsDistribution controlSupply controlVertical integrationNetwork effectsPlatform playCompounding profitCapital allocationFounder controlFounder tenure compoundsLong horizonThe CUDA betCapital intensity as moatGeopolitical moatInverted business modelScale economiesMental modelsNarrative as assetOrganisational inertiaPlatform shiftsOperating disciplineFocus as moat
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Long horizon
A patience structure that lets a company or investor make bets whose payoff is years to decades away, when most participants are forced to act on quarters.
Founder tenure compounds
Long tenure at the top of a company compounds in ways that quarterly thinking can't — relationships, judgement, willingness to wait.
Episodes that exemplify this
- NVIDIA CEO Jensen HuangOct 2023
- Nvidia Part II: The Machine Learning Company (2006-2022)Apr 2022
- Nvidia Part III: The Dawn of the AI Era (2022-2023)Sep 2023
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