AI’s biggest problem is no longer intelligence.
We keep asking:
Which model is smarter?
Which AI is faster?
Which company has the best agents?
But I think we’re missing the bigger question.
How much does it cost to make AI actually work at scale?
Data centres.
Chips.
Power.
Cloud infrastructure.
Training.
Inference.
AI is no longer just a software game.
It’s becoming a capital game.
And that changes the competition.
Over the next few years, the winner won’t necessarily be the company with the smartest model.
It will be the company that can turn AI into a profitable business.
Because if you spend billions building AI…
The real question isn’t:
“How smart is your AI?”
It’s:
“How fast can your AI create economic value?”
That’s where I think the next AI battle will move:
From Intelligence → Economics.
The best model doesn’t automatically create the best business.
The company that controls cost, scales efficiently, and consistently converts AI capability into revenue—
that’s the company I’d be watching.
What do you think?
Will the next AI winner have the smartest model—or the strongest business model?
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