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From Sand to Model

The AI supply chain in 7 terms · foundry, memory, chip, system, datacenter, provider, API.

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Inference

What they are used for second (and permanently).

TL;DR

The process of running a trained model to generate predictions · every API call is inference.

“Inference optimization is where the next 10× cost reduction lives. Every frontier lab is racing to ship the best serving stack.”

What you learned

By the end you understand the full stack from silicon to inference API · and why each layer sets pricing for the one above it.

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Seven terms that decode whether AI is overpriced, fairly priced, or criminally underpriced. Read in order.