Your weekly guide to the chokepoints in the AI supply chain
The Chokepoint
Jul 8, 2026
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6 min read
The AI shortage is spreading to chips designed forty years ago, made in fabs nobody builds anymore.
Jul 1, 2026
7 min read
The 2nm bottleneck is somewhere else. One etch step, three suppliers.
Jun 24, 2026
5 min read
Three companies make the world's big gas turbines. Two blade manufacturers decide how fast they can build them.
Jun 17, 2026
The AI fiber shortage is a glass-rod shortage and you can't make the rods on a GPU schedule.
Jun 10, 2026
AI's optical future depends on a test step only one company can run at scale
Jun 3, 2026
America's AI grid runs through one Pennsylvania steel mill
May 27, 2026
No high-end processor ships without a film made by Ajinomoto.
May 19, 2026
Power semiconductors are the new chokepoint.
May 12, 2026
Where the rent flows when light becomes the chokepoint
May 6, 2026
4 min read
The rent is migrating from the fab to the substation.
