The Substrate covers AI hardware, security and geopolitics, with analysis of chipmaking equipment export controls, the security risks of robot policy weights, and how the US lead over China in AI matters. Its writing is argumentative and policy-oriented, aimed at people following AI governance and semiconductor supply chains.
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Astral Codex Ten publishes long-form essays on AI safety, rationality, politics, science and culture, alongside reader-written book reviews and weekly open threads. Readers get argumentative, carefully reasoned analysis plus community news such as meetups, surveys and grant-related projects.
In-depth analysis of the semiconductor and AI infrastructure industries, covering chips, software stacks, datacenter buildout and equipment makers. Readers get original research, proprietary data and company-level conclusions on how hardware trends affect business.
Stratechery offers in-depth analysis of the technology industry, covering the strategies of companies such as Apple, Meta and SpaceX. Readers get historical context, business-model reasoning and a clear point of view on where tech is heading, plus a weekly digest of related podcasts and sister-site content.
Long-form technical overviews that explain important AI research topics, such as LLM evaluation, post-training and reinforcement learning. Readers get first-principles explanations plus practical implementation details drawn from papers and tech reports.
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