RESEARCH · A GUIDED EXAMPLE
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What must happen for the AI infrastructure buildout to pay off?
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Follow the chain from spending to value.
The buildout needs a route to paying customers. Sequoia raises the revenue question; Goldman offers an agent-driven demand case.
More compute demand still has to justify the capital committed. McKinsey’s scenarios help frame that investment requirement.
The economic payoff needs evidence beyond adoption. The productivity question remains distinct from the infrastructure spending question.
Our synthesis of this selected reading set. These are different lenses, not five directly comparable forecasts.
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