Markets & Money • 13 min read

Two Missing Pilots Just Made $140 Oil the Floor

An F-15E Strike Eagle is down over Iran. A rescue helicopter was hit. One crew member recovered, one still missing. Iran is offering a bounty. The first US combat aircraft loss since 1991 killed the quick war thesis. And with it, any ceiling on oil prices.

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Mar 29, 2026 • 15 min read

From Barrels to Bandwidth: The Iran War Just Closed the Internet's Other Chokepoint

The Strait of Hormuz carries 20% of the world's oil. The cables running through it and the Red Sea carry over 90% of Europe-Asia data capacity. For the first time in telecommunications history, both chokepoints are closed simultaneously. AWS data centers have been hit by drones. Meta's undersea cable is stranded. Qatar's helium exports — essential for chip fabrication — are offline. The $650 billion AI buildout just hit a wall made of physics.

#Iran#undersea cables#AI infrastructure
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AI & Automation

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Mar 27, 2026 • 11 min read

OpenAI Spent $15M/Day on Sora. It Made $2M. Total.

OpenAI killed Sora on March 24 after six months and $2.1 million in total revenue. Analysts estimated peak inference costs at $15 million per day. The gap between what consumers will pay and what AI video costs to run reveals a structural wall that every consumer AI product must face.

#OpenAI#Sora#inference costs
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Mar 2, 2026 • 7 min read

India's $200 Billion "Neutral" AI Bluff

India is marketing itself as the democratized, neutral AI hub for the Global South, aiming for $200 billion in data center investments. But a look at the tenant list reveals a different story: U.S. tech giants are using Indian territory and subsidies to build data havens to regulatory launder AI.

#Sovereign AI#Geopolitics#Data Centers
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Energy & Policy

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Mar 31, 2026 • 15 min read

Everyone Has Sunlight. Nobody Has a Refinery.

Residential electricity hit 17.45 cents/kWh in January 2026, up 9.5% in a single year. Oil promised Americans independence but chained them to 129 refineries and OPEC geopolitics. Solar, batteries, and EVs are the first technology that actually delivers what oil never could: energy you own.

#solar#battery storage#EVs
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