Platformonomics TGIF #134: July 10, 2026

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Never Take a Dependency on Crazy Elon

If you’re cheap enough, maybe no one will pay attention to all the risks of taking a dependency on Space Twitter?

If you must try it, put it behind a model router.

Never Take a Dependency on Crazy Mark

If you’re cheap enough, maybe no one will pay attention to all the risks of taking a dependency on Facebook Platform?

If you must try it, put it behind a model router.

Wherever Will We Put Data Centers?

Quick(er) Hits

The model router (with lots of attendant services) is the AI era’s middleware. Surprised no one has gone hard after the enterprise here yet. Need to support both on-premises and multi-cloud.

Data centres are a crucial test of US industrial resolve (the misspelling of “centers” is the FT, not me).

PE will never get AI right

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