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GVI: The Great Capital Reckoning

The AI Supercycle is not running out of intelligence — it is approaching a reckoning over who can finance its expansion.

Francesco De Leo Kaufmann October 17, 2026 2 min read AI

The AI Supercycle is not running out of intelligence. It is approaching a reckoning over who can finance its expansion, who can capture its returns, and who will bear the cost of capital misallocation.

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The Big Take

The next Great Split will separate cash-generative leaders from debt-dependent challengers, productive infrastructure from speculative capacity, and capital compounders from capital consumers.

The age of AI abundance is arriving. The age of financial reckoning has begun.

Francesco De Leo Kaufmann · The Velocity Edge

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