Google's AI Strategy Is a Distribution War
Google's AI strategy isn't a better model, it's distribution: Search, Chrome, Android, Cloud. Read the playbook through Alphabet's filings and capex.
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The AI Infrastructure Market Map
AI infrastructure is a vertical stack: chips, hyperscale capacity, model labs, apps. Value concentrates where supply is scarce. Read through the 2026 filings.
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Why Gross Margin Is Destiny in SaaS
Gross margin sets the ceiling on CAC payback, R&D budget, free cash flow, and valuation. Two SaaS firms with equal revenue but 80% vs 55% margin aren't the same.
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Usage-Based Pricing vs Seat-Based Pricing
Usage-based pricing lifts net revenue retention but adds volatility. Seat-based is predictable but caps expansion. The choice is a strategy decision, not billing.
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AWS Margin Pressure and the Cloud Reset
AWS revenue grew 20% but operating income only 14% in FY2025. The cloud reset is margin compression during the AI capex wave, read from the 10-K.
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Apple's App Store Economics Under Pressure
The App Store is the highest-margin slice of Apple's Services engine, and it's exactly the slice the EU DMA, Epic, and the DOJ are prying open.
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Apple Services Revenue Margin: The Engine Inside iPhone
Apple Services revenue margin is 75.4%, turning a quarter of sales into 42% of gross profit. Read the margin engine through Apple's own FY2025 10-K.
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