AI capability is not a single curve; it is four overlapping paradigms, each with distinct inputs, mechanisms, walls, and economic structures.
Understanding which paradigm you are in determines whether you invest in data, alignment, inference compute — as explored in the economics of AI compute infrastructure — , or orchestration. The transitions between them are forced, not chosen.
The competitive map of 2026 is best read through this lens.
Yet, and this is a key point for this structural analysis, a fight paradigm is now emerging that will define the industry in 2026-27.
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Gennaro is the creator of FourWeekMBA, which reached about four million business people, comprising C-level executives, investors, analysts, product managers, and aspiring digital entrepreneurs in 2022 alone | He is also Director of Sales for a high-tech scaleup in the AI Industry | In 2012, Gennaro earned an International MBA with emphasis on Corporate Finance and Business Strategy.
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