Articles

Articles and notes, in time order.

News-anchored Socratic analysis, longer essays, and shorter notes. The publication's moving content lives here, organised by date so the reader can track the argument as it develops.

Lovable founders Anton Osika and Fabian Hedin
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July 2026

Lovable, the Fastest-Growing Company Ever?

A Swedish startup reached half a billion dollars of run-rate in nineteen months, on intelligence it does not own, and is now reported to be raising at $13.2 billion. The record and what the price implies, the business model and what it rents, whether the moat holds when the models belong to someone else, how it stands against its peers, and what return is left at $13.2 billion. An examination, not a recommendation.

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Le Chaton Fat, the parody kitten of the viral Mistral meme, in front of the Eiffel Tower
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July 2026

The Mistral Mystery: How Much is the European AI Champion Worth?

Four funding rounds, three years, not one published revenue figure: Mistral is the rare frontier AI company that keeps its numbers to itself. In June 2026, reports put its next valuation near €20 billion. A discreet history, what the company sells and to whom, what €20 billion implies against its American and Chinese peers, and how much information an investment decision really needs.

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Jeff Bezos during his CNBC interview about Project Prometheus.
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June 2026

Project Prometheus: from zero to $41 billion in 7 months

A Socratic examination of whether a seven-month-old company with no product and no disclosed revenue can be worth $41 billion. The piece treats the price not as a valuation but as an option premium, and works through it input by input: the physical-AI thesis, the bet on Bezos, the audacious plan to own industrial data by owning the companies, the Blue Origin record, the bubble question, and the size of the prize.

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SpaceX Starship, the fully reusable launch vehicle.
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June 2026

Is the SpaceX IPO Valuation Really That Stupid?

A Socratic examination of the largest IPO ever, and whether $1.75 trillion is a number to mock or to understand. The offering prices around $135 a share to raise roughly $75 billion, listing on Nasdaq as SPCX. What the price is a claim on, the Google and Anthropic compute deals, why a trailing revenue multiple misleads, the price-discovery and index-inclusion debate, the curse of the new listing, founder control, and the questions worth answering.

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Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei speaking at the World Economic Forum
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June 2026

Is Anthropic worth $965 billion?

A Socratic examination of the question every potential investor in this round should ask. The Series H closed on 28 May 2026 at $965 billion post-money. Revenue and the $47 billion disclosed run-rate, the funding trajectory through Series H, the SpaceX compute deal, the void-shares notice, the DoD dispute, the AI-flation signals, the criticism of the reported metrics, and the four regimes for the next decade.

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