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AI Podcasts

February 10, 2026

The future of financing AI infrastructure with Wayne Nelms, CTO of Ornn

Semi Doped

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. Explore Ornn's futures and residual value products to lock in compute costs or guarantee hardware resale prices. This can significantly de-risk your AI infrastructure investments and operational budgets.
  2. Financial instruments for compute and memory are not just theoretical; they are becoming essential tools for managing risk and securing capital in the rapidly expanding AI economy.
  3. This shift will bring transparency and predictability to an industry currently defined by supply constraints and demand spikes.
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February 10, 2026

The future of financing AI infrastructure with Wayne Nelms, CTO of Ornn

Semi Doped

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. Data center operators and large compute buyers should explore futures contracts for GPUs and memory to lock in costs or revenues, reducing exposure to spot market volatility and securing cheaper financing for infrastructure projects.
  2. The AI compute market is transitioning from opaque, ad-hoc procurement to a commoditized, financially engineered ecosystem. This shift is driven by the need to de-risk massive capital investments in GPUs and data centers, moving from speculative hope to quantifiable, hedged profitability.
  3. The financialization of AI compute is not just about trading; it's about enabling the next wave of AI infrastructure development by providing the certainty needed for long-term investment and efficient resource allocation.
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February 10, 2026

The future of financing AI infrastructure with Wayne Nelms, CTO of Ornn

Semi Doped

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. The AI infrastructure buildout is moving from speculative intuition to financially engineered certainty. The commodification of compute and memory is not just about trading; it's about de-risking capital deployment and enabling more efficient, data-driven investment in the foundational layers of AI.
  2. Evaluate your compute procurement and data center investment strategies through a financial hedging lens. Explore Ornn's futures and residual value products to cap costs, secure revenue, and optimize hardware lifecycle management.
  3. The ability to quantify and hedge future compute costs will separate the winners from the hopefuls in the AI race. Integrating financial instruments into your strategic planning over the next 6-12 months is no longer optional; it's a competitive imperative for managing risk and unlocking capital.
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February 10, 2026

The future of financing AI infrastructure with Wayne Nelms, CTO of Ornn

Semi Doped

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. The AI compute market is moving from speculative buildouts to financially engineered infrastructure. Transparent pricing and hedging instruments are becoming essential for capital allocation.
  2. Explore Ornn's compute futures and residual value products to de-risk your AI infrastructure investments or operational costs.
  3. Quantifying future compute demand and hardware value unlocks cheaper financing and more strategic data center development, accelerating the entire AI industry.
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February 10, 2026

The future of financing AI infrastructure with Wayne Nelms, CTO of Ornn

Semi Doped

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. Financial engineering, specifically futures and residual value products for GPUs and memory, is shifting data center development from speculative bets to data-driven, de-risked investments.
  2. Investors and data center operators should explore Ornn's compute futures and residual value products to hedge against price volatility and hardware obsolescence.
  3. Understanding these new instruments is essential for anyone building, investing in, or consuming AI compute, as they will dictate the pace and cost of AI's physical expansion over the next decade.
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February 10, 2026

The future of financing AI infrastructure with Wayne Nelms, CTO of Ornn

Semi Doped

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. Quantify your compute costs: Use Ornn's index to benchmark your current GPU spend and explore futures contracts to cap future expenses or secure future revenue.
  2. Market Infrastructure: Ornn builds a financial exchange for GPU compute and memory, much like a futures market for oil or electricity. This allows data centers and AI labs to hedge against price volatility, capping costs for buyers and setting price floors for sellers.
  3. Non-Linear Value: GPUs lose most of their value in the first 2-3 years, then hold a more stable residual value for another 5-10 years of useful life. Traditional linear depreciation models are naive, misrepresenting asset value and profitability.
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February 10, 2026

The future of financing AI infrastructure with Wayne Nelms, CTO of Ornn

Semi Doped

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. The era of speculative AI infrastructure buildout is ending, replaced by a data-driven, financially engineered approach.
  2. Integrate compute futures and residual value insurance into your capital planning.
  3. Quantifying future compute demand and hardware value is no longer optional; it is the bedrock for sustainable growth and competitive advantage in the AI infrastructure race.
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February 10, 2026

The future of financing AI infrastructure with Wayne Nelms, CTO of Ornn

Semi Doped

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. The AI infrastructure buildout is moving from speculative intuition to data-driven financial modeling.
  2. Model your data center's profitability and hardware depreciation with Ornn's indices and residual value products.
  3. The ability to hedge compute costs and monetize future hardware value transforms AI infrastructure from a capital-intensive gamble into a predictable asset class.
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February 10, 2026

The future of financing AI infrastructure with Wayne Nelms, CTO of Ornn

Semi Doped

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. The Tactical Edge: Evaluate your compute procurement strategy. Explore futures contracts for H100s or memory to cap your costs and gain predictability in a volatile market.
  2. Profitability Mapping: Futures markets provide forward pricing for compute, allowing data centers to model profitability per chip, per hour, years in advance. This data informs investment decisions, from site selection to chip choice.
  3. Reduced Financing Costs: By guaranteeing a future resale price for hardware, Ornn reduces the risk for lenders. This certainty translates to lower financing costs for data center operators, directly impacting their slim profit margins.
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Crypto Podcasts

June 6, 2025

Could Crypto Treasury Companies Create Systemic Risk for the Industry?

Unchained

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. High Premiums are a Red Flag: The massive premiums (some at 80x NAV) on many new crypto treasury stocks are likely unsustainable and warrant extreme investor caution.
  2. Collateralization is the Catalyst: The primary systemic risk emerges if these shares become widely accepted as collateral, creating a leveraged ecosystem vulnerable to market shocks.
  3. History as a Guide: The industry must heed the lessons from GBTC's collapse to prevent irresponsible risk-taking and a potential repeat of cascading failures.
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June 6, 2025

0xResearch | Friday, June 6th

0xResearch

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. Fiscal Reality Bites: Government spending, not just Fed moves, dictates the macro game; hedge accordingly.
  2. Structure Matters, Massively: Demand for "pure play" crypto assets is immense; projects clarifying token value accrual (a la Morpho) will win.
  3. Show, Don't Just Tell: For L1s and protocols, delivering tangible results and clear revenue paths to token holders trumps theoretical brilliance.
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June 6, 2025

PumpFun’s Impact on Solana, Circle’s IPO, and Elon and Trump’s Feud | Roundup

Bell Curve

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. PumpFun's Token Looms Large: With its massive user base and revenue, PumpFun's upcoming token is a critical event for Solana and the broader memecoin market, offering a direct investment into crypto's consumer wave.
  2. IPO Window is Open: Circle's successful IPO signals renewed investor interest in publicly traded crypto companies, potentially paving the way for more listings and providing liquidity events for equity holders.
  3. Regulatory Clarity is King: The future of crypto innovation, from token launches to organizational structures, hinges on clear market structure legislation to move beyond current cumbersome models.
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June 6, 2025

Don’t Midcurve Circle and PumpFun | Weekly Roundup

Empire

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. Don't Midcurve Success: Circle’s IPO triumph, despite online skepticism, shows that strong fundamentals and clear value propositions (like stablecoin infrastructure) attract serious capital.
  2. Ambition Attracts Capital (and Scrutiny): Pump.fun's massive raise, while controversial, signals a drive to leverage its huge user base for something much bigger than memecoins. Profitability plus vision equals investor interest.
  3. IPO Pipeline Primed: Circle’s success is a catalyst, likely opening the IPO floodgates for other mature crypto companies sooner than anticipated.
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June 6, 2025

How Will Pump Fun's Token Impact Solana? | Weekly Roundup

Lightspeed

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. Cash is King (Again): Pump Fun's $1B target underscores a potential shift back to ICOs for well-capitalized projects, offering a war chest for aggressive expansion, M&A, and de-risking beyond what current revenues allow.
  2. Distribution is Destiny: Pump Fun's long-term viability hinges on owning its front-end and user discovery to avoid disintermediation, making moves into wallets or even exchanges critical.
  3. Solana Symbiosis Likely: Despite L1/L2 speculation, Pump Fun’s incentives align more with growing the existing memecoin market on Solana rather than fragmenting its user base by launching a new chain, especially given Solana's ongoing performance enhancements.
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June 5, 2025

Institutional Capital Is Pouring Into Crypto | Analyst Round Table

0xResearch

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. **Institutional Gravity:** The long-awaited institutional capital is here, reshaping market dynamics even as retail sentiment flickers.
  2. **Transparency vs. Tactics:** The need for private trading venues (dark pools) is growing, challenging the "everything on-chain" ethos for practical trading.
  3. **Altcoin Arenas:** Specific ecosystems like Solana (via LSTs like Jito) and BNB Chain (via PancakeSwap) are showing unique strengths and attracting significant, albeit sometimes under-the-radar, volume and institutional attention.
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