AI chip development, cloud infrastructure, compute optimization, hardware trends
Who this is for: Infrastructure engineers, hardware founders, cloud architects, investors
57 articles.
From TPU to Your Own Custom Silicon: A Founder's Journey— After years in the trenches of Silicon Valley, I've seen firsthand how the right AI hardware can make or break a company. I'm sharing the hard-won lessons and contrarian insights I wish I had when I started, from navigating the GPU shortage to building our own custom silicon.
Surviving the GPU Apocalypse: A Founder's Guide to the Shortage— After years in the trenches of Silicon Valley, I've seen firsthand how the right AI hardware can make or break a company. I'm sharing the hard-won lessons and contrarian insights I wish I had when I started, from navigating the GPU shortage to building our own custom silicon.
The 6 AI Infrastructure Mistakes That Are Secretly Killing Your Startup— After years in the trenches of Silicon Valley, I've seen firsthand how the right AI hardware can make or break a company. I'm sharing the hard-won lessons and contrarian insights I wish I had when I started, from navigating the GPU shortage to building our own custom silicon.
Why the Future of AI Is Not in the Cloud 338— After years in the trenches of Silicon Valley, I've seen firsthand how the right AI hardware can make or break a company. I'm sharing the hard-won lessons and contrarian insights I wish I had when I started, from navigating the GPU shortage to building our own custom silicon.
The Counterintuitive Truth About AI Chip Design 869— After years in the trenches of Silicon Valley, I've seen firsthand how the right AI hardware can make or break a company. I'm sharing the hard-won lessons and contrarian insights I wish I had when I started, from navigating the GPU shortage to building our own custom silicon.
The Top 7 AI Hardware Trends to Watch in 2027— After years in the trenches of Silicon Valley, I've seen firsthand how the right AI hardware can make or break a company. I'm sharing the hard-won lessons and contrarian insights I wish I had when I started, from navigating the GPU shortage to building our own custom silicon.
Why the Future of AI Is Not in the Cloud 232— After years in the trenches of Silicon Valley, I've seen firsthand how the right AI hardware can make or break a company. I'm sharing the hard-won lessons and contrarian insights I wish I had when I started, from navigating the GPU shortage to building our own custom silicon.
I Ditched the Cloud for Bare Metal and My Bill Dropped 62%— After years in the trenches of Silicon Valley, I've seen firsthand how the right AI hardware can make or break a company. I'm sharing the hard-won lessons and contrarian insights I wish I had when I started, from navigating the GPU shortage to building our own custom silicon.
The Counterintuitive Truth About AI Chip Design— After years in the trenches of Silicon Valley, I've seen firsthand how the right AI hardware can make or break a company. I'm sharing the hard-won lessons and contrarian insights I wish I had when I started, from navigating the GPU shortage to building our own custom silicon.
The Counterintuitive Truth About AI Chip Design 340— After years in the trenches of Silicon Valley, I've seen firsthand how the right AI hardware can make or break a company. I'm sharing the hard-won lessons and contrarian insights I wish I had when I started, from navigating the GPU shortage to building our own custom silicon.
11 Lessons I Learned from Building a Custom AI Chip— After years in the trenches of Silicon Valley, I've seen firsthand how the right AI hardware can make or break a company. I'm sharing the hard-won lessons and contrarian insights I wish I had when I started, from navigating the GPU shortage to building our own custom silicon.
Behind the Scenes of a Hyperscale AI Data Center 524— After years in the trenches of Silicon Valley, I've seen firsthand how the right AI hardware can make or break a company. I'm sharing the hard-won lessons and contrarian insights I wish I had when I started, from navigating the GPU shortage to building our own custom silicon.
Why Most Founders Get AI Infrastructure Completely Wrong— After years in the trenches of Silicon Valley, I've seen firsthand how the right AI hardware can make or break a company. I'm sharing the hard-won lessons and contrarian insights I wish I had when I started, from navigating the GPU shortage to building our own custom silicon.
The 5 AI Infrastructure Mistakes That Are Secretly Killing Your Startup— After years in the trenches of Silicon Valley, I've seen firsthand how the right AI hardware can make or break a company. I'm sharing the hard-won lessons and contrarian insights I wish I had when I started, from navigating the GPU shortage to building our own custom silicon.
I Spent 12 Years in AI Hardware and This Is What I Learned— After years in the trenches of Silicon Valley, I've seen firsthand how the right AI hardware can make or break a company. I'm sharing the hard-won lessons and contrarian insights I wish I had when I started, from navigating the GPU shortage to building our own custom silicon.
What Building a Custom AI Chip Taught Me About Tech and Tough Choices— Having built AI hardware in Silicon Valley, I know firsthand how critical it is to get it right. In this article, I’m breaking down the real challenges we faced, from dealing with GPU shortages to designing our own silicon—and what those experiences taught me about building technology that lasts.
What It Really Takes to Build a Hyperscale AI Data Center— After years working in Silicon Valley and investing in AI startups, I want to share the lessons I learned about the hardware side of AI — from dealing with GPU shortages to designing custom chips — that are crucial for success.
What I’ve Learned About AI Hardware Trends for 2027— Having spent years in Silicon Valley, I’ve seen how crucial the right AI hardware is for success. Here, I’m sharing practical insights and lessons about dealing with GPU shortages and developing custom silicon that I wish I’d known earlier.
Building AI Data Centers: What It Really Takes— After years working in Silicon Valley, I’ve experienced how critical AI hardware is for success. Here, I’m sharing practical lessons from dealing with GPU shortages to creating custom chips, lessons I wish I had when I started.
My Take: Behind the Scenes of a Hyperscale AI Data Center 894— Here's my take on after years in the trenches of Silicon Valley, I've seen firsthand how the right AI hardware can make or break a company. I'm sharing the hard-won lessons and contrarian insights I wish I had when I started, from navigating the GPU shortage to building our own custom silicon.
My Take: Why the Future of AI Is Not in the Cloud 206— Here's my take on after years in the trenches of Silicon Valley, I've seen firsthand how the right AI hardware can make or break a company. I'm sharing the hard-won lessons and contrarian insights I wish I had when I started, from navigating the GPU shortage to building our own custom silicon.
My Take: I Spent 13 Years in AI Hardware and This Is What I Learned— Here's my take on after years in the trenches of Silicon Valley, I've seen firsthand how the right AI hardware can make or break a company. I'm sharing the hard-won lessons and contrarian insights I wish I had when I started, from navigating the GPU shortage to building our own custom silicon.
My Take: The Economics of AI: Why Your GPU Isn't the Real Cost— Here's my take on after years in the trenches of Silicon Valley, I've seen firsthand how the right AI hardware can make or break a company. I'm sharing the hard-won lessons and contrarian insights I wish I had when I started, from navigating the GPU shortage to building our own custom silicon.
My Unfiltered Truth About AI Chip Design— After years in the trenches of Silicon Valley, I've seen how the right AI hardware can make or break a company. I'm sharing the hard-won lessons I wish I had when I started, from navigating the GPU shortage to building our own custom silicon.
The Truth About the GPU Shortage Nobody Is Talking About— After years in the trenches of Silicon Valley, I've seen firsthand how the right AI hardware can make or break a company. I'm sharing the hard-won lessons and contrarian insights I wish I had when I started, from navigating the GPU shortage to building our own custom silicon.
NVIDIA's Next Move: What to Expect After the H100 Dominance— After years in the trenches of Silicon Valley, I've seen firsthand how the right AI hardware can make or break a company. I'm sharing the hard-won lessons and contrarian insights I wish I had when I started, from navigating the GPU shortage to building our own custom silicon.
Quantum Computing: Is It the End of GPUs as We Know It?— After years in the trenches of Silicon Valley, I've seen firsthand how the right AI hardware can make or break a company. I'm sharing the hard-won lessons and contrarian insights I wish I had when I started, from navigating the GPU shortage to building our own custom silicon.
The 7 AI Infrastructure Mistakes That Are Secretly Killing Your Startup— After years in the trenches of Silicon Valley, I've seen firsthand how the right AI hardware can make or break a company. I'm sharing the hard-won lessons and contrarian insights I wish I had when I started, from navigating the GPU shortage to building our own custom silicon.
I Simulated a Quantum Computer on a GPU and Here's What Happened— After years in the trenches of Silicon Valley, I've seen firsthand how the right AI hardware can make or break a company. I'm sharing the hard-won lessons and contrarian insights I wish I had when I started, from navigating the GPU shortage to building our own custom silicon.
The Real Reason Your AI Models Are So Slow (It's Not Your Code)— After years in the trenches of Silicon Valley, I've seen firsthand how the right AI hardware can make or break a company. I'm sharing the hard-won lessons and contrarian insights I wish I had when I started, from navigating the GPU shortage to building our own custom silicon.
The Top 10 AI Hardware Trends to Watch in 2027— After years in the trenches of Silicon Valley, I've seen firsthand how the right AI hardware can make or break a company. I'm sharing the hard-won lessons and contrarian insights I wish I had when I started, from navigating the GPU shortage to building our own custom silicon.
Behind the Scenes of a Hyperscale AI Data Center 321— After years in the trenches of Silicon Valley, I've seen firsthand how the right AI hardware can make or break a company. I'm sharing the hard-won lessons and contrarian insights I wish I had when I started, from navigating the GPU shortage to building our own custom silicon.
Behind the Scenes of a Hyperscale AI Data Center 776— After years in the trenches of Silicon Valley, I've seen firsthand how the right AI hardware can make or break a company. I'm sharing the hard-won lessons and contrarian insights I wish I had when I started, from navigating the GPU shortage to building our own custom silicon.
The Counterintuitive Truth About AI Chip Design 5— After years in the trenches of Silicon Valley, I've seen firsthand how the right AI hardware can make or break a company. I'm sharing the hard-won lessons and contrarian insights I wish I had when I started, from navigating the GPU shortage to building our own custom silicon.
How We Built a Greener AI Data Center and Saved Millions— After years in the trenches of Silicon Valley, I've seen firsthand how the right AI hardware can make or break a company. I'm sharing the hard-won lessons and contrarian insights I wish I had when I started, from navigating the GPU shortage to building our own custom silicon.
The 4 AI Infrastructure Mistakes That Are Secretly Killing Your Startup— After years in the trenches of Silicon Valley, I've seen firsthand how the right AI hardware can make or break a company. I'm sharing the hard-won lessons and contrarian insights I wish I had when I started, from navigating the GPU shortage to building our own custom silicon.
What I Learned Building a Custom AI Chip— After spending years working in Silicon Valley, I've learned how important the right AI hardware is for a company’s success. I’m sharing the lessons I wish I knew when I started—from dealing with GPU shortages to designing custom chips.
The 8 Infrastructure Mistakes That Almost Sank My Startup— After spending years in Silicon Valley, I've learned that having the right hardware can make all the difference. I want to share the lessons I learned the hard way, from dealing with GPU shortages to creating custom chips.
10 AI Infrastructure Mistakes That Are Secretly Killing Your Startup— After years in the trenches of Silicon Valley, I've seen firsthand how the right AI hardware can make or break a company. I'm sharing the hard-won lessons and contrarian insights I wish I had when I started, from navigating the GPU shortage to building our own custom silicon.
The Counterintuitive Truth About AI Chip Design 36— After years in the trenches of Silicon Valley, I've seen firsthand how the right AI hardware can make or break a company. I'm sharing the hard-won lessons and contrarian insights I wish I had when I started, from navigating the GPU shortage to building our own custom silicon.
The Counterintuitive Truth About AI Chip Design 498— After years in the trenches of Silicon Valley, I've seen firsthand how the right AI hardware can make or break a company. I'm sharing the hard-won lessons and contrarian insights I wish I had when I started, from navigating the GPU shortage to building our own custom silicon.
Why the Future of AI Is Not in the Cloud— After years in the trenches of Silicon Valley, I've seen firsthand how the right AI hardware can make or break a company. I'm sharing the hard-won lessons and contrarian insights I wish I had when I started, from navigating the GPU shortage to building our own custom silicon.
13 AI Infrastructure Mistakes Killing Your Startup— After years in the trenches of Silicon Valley, I've seen firsthand how the right AI hardware can make or break a company. I'm sharing the hard-won lessons and contrarian insights I wish I had when I started, from navigating the GPU shortage to building our own custom silicon.
The Truth About AI Chip Design— After years in the trenches of Silicon Valley, I've seen firsthand how the right AI hardware can make or break a company. I'm sharing the hard-won lessons and contrarian insights I wish I had when I started, from navigating the GPU shortage to building our own custom silicon.
15 Lessons I Learned from Building a Custom AI Chip— After years in the trenches of Silicon Valley, I've seen firsthand how the right AI hardware can make or break a company. I'm sharing the hard-won lessons and contrarian insights I wish I had when I started, from navigating the GPU shortage to building our own custom silicon.
12 AI Infrastructure Mistakes That Kill Startups— After years in the trenches of Silicon Valley, I've seen firsthand how the right AI hardware can make or break a company. I'm sharing the hard-won lessons and contrarian insights I wish I had when I started, from navigating the GPU shortage to building our own custom silicon.
Edge AI vs. Cloud AI: The Ultimate Showdown for Developers— After years in the trenches of Silicon Valley, I've seen firsthand how the right AI hardware can make or break a company. I'm sharing the hard-won lessons and contrarian insights I wish I had when I started, from navigating the GPU shortage to building our own custom silicon.
I Spent 15 Years in AI Hardware and This Is What I Learned— After years in the trenches of Silicon Valley, I've seen firsthand how the right AI hardware can make or break a company. I'm sharing the hard-won lessons and contrarian insights I wish I had when I started, from navigating the GPU shortage to building our own custom silicon.
How to Build a Petascale AI Cluster (The Counterintuitive Guide)— After years in the trenches of Silicon Valley, I've seen firsthand how the right AI hardware can make or break a company. I'm sharing the hard-won lessons and contrarian insights I wish I had when I started, from navigating the GPU shortage to building our own custom silicon.