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The year is 3812, and Databricks is raising a Series Z-4
Welcome to Cautious Optimism, a newsletter on tech, business and power.
1 hr ago • 
Alex Wilhelm
OpenAI is coming for the app layer
Also: Nvidia, the bellwether of our times
Nov 17 • 
Alex Wilhelm
Nativism is going to wreck the tech economy
Welcome to Cautious Optimism, a newsletter on tech, business and power.
Nov 14 • 
Alex Wilhelm
Betting on fake humans
Welcome to Cautious Optimism, a newsletter on tech, business and power.
Nov 13 • 
Alex Wilhelm
The Big Short dude is worried about Big Tech earnings
Also: Time to bring the $100M ARR Club back!
Nov 12 • 
Alex Wilhelm
More data center spending and an IPO!
Welcome to Cautious Optimism, a newsletter on tech, business and power.
Nov 11 • 
Alex Wilhelm
Don't mock the Pope
Also: Europe reaches for the scissors
Nov 10 • 
Alex Wilhelm
The OpenAI mess. AKA: chip fabs are expensive
Superintelligence, so hot right now
Nov 7 • 
Alex Wilhelm
Come now, Jensen
Welcome to Cautious Optimism, a newsletter on tech, business and power.
Nov 6 • 
Alex Wilhelm
The vibes are bad
Also: The return of the IoT
Nov 5 • 
Alex Wilhelm
Palantir crushes expectations, gets crushed in return
And: What ails European startups?
Nov 4 • 
Alex Wilhelm
The AI bottleneck is changing
Also: Self-driving is accelerating
Nov 3 • 
Alex Wilhelm
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