Pushing the Frontier is Expensive, The ElevenLabs Story, The Enterprise Sales Playbook, and Bubbles

Try to keep looking upward.

Good morning

In today’s edition, among other things:

• Pushing the Frontier is Expensive; Repeating it Isn’t

• What Books Actually Teach You About Being Wrong

• The Era of Physical AI

• The ElevenLabs Story

• The Enterprise Sales Playbook

• US Startups are Faster

• The Benefits of Bubbles

• The Ultimate PR Guide for Startups

Onwards!

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Pushing the Frontier is Expensive; Repeating it Isn’t

The debate about “how smart” AI is misses the point. What matters is how quickly AI can take on longer, messier work and how fast the cost of that work collapses. If capability horizons keep doubling on a sub-year clock and prices fall ~10× per year once a frontier is reached, diffusion drives the economy.