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Decentralizing the Electric Grid

Andreessen Horowitz

Currently, we face a critical challenge: our electricity demands — expected to nearly double by 2040 due to factors like AI compute, reshoring , and “electrification” — are soaring, but our grid infrastructure and operations struggle to keep pace. Specifically, there are two broad trends that are crucial for the “smart grid” future.

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S.H.O.P. – what’s in store for the store?

Intercom, Inc.

Changing trends in retail have seen malls across the US shuttered and fall into disrepair. Research completed as early as 2017 suggested that by 2040, 95% of all purchases will be via ecommerce. To be in this sprawling place where it was like a fairy land. It was like Disneyland. And that was all new.

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