A Pragmatist's Approach to the AI Frenzy
What I find most appealing about this is its durability. Software companies can become obsolete overnight. One minute you’re the king of social media, the next you’re a digital relic. Hardware is a different beast entirely. You can’t just code a billion pound microchip factory in your garage. The barriers to entry are enormous, which protects the established players. The petabytes of data being created today will need to be stored and managed for decades, creating predictable revenue and replacement cycles.
While venture capitalists pour money into software firms at frankly absurd valuations, the hardware layer remains, in my opinion, relatively unloved. This creates a potential opportunity for the clear eyed investor who is willing to look beyond the hype. The growth is there, the demand is undeniable, and the business models are built on solid ground, not just clever code. It may not be the most glamorous story in technology, but I’ve always found that the most profitable stories rarely are.