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Beyond the Controversy: How Schmidt’s 2024 Forecasts on AI Agents and NVIDIA Are Playing Out in 2026

Eric Schmidt’s August 2024 appearance at Stanford was an informal classroom conversation with economist Erik Brynjolfsson in the course “The Age of AI” (ECON295/CS323). Stanford posted the video, it circulated quickly, then was set to private after Schmidt asked for its removal. The episode became famous less for its technical content than for two unfiltered…

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From speculative token to yield instrument: the income paradigm in tokenized assets (2026–2035)

For a decade, the value of a digital asset depended on the promise of a higher resale price. The tokenization of real-world assets (RWA) reverses this logic: value is now read in cash flows, rents, coupons, interest—generated by the underlying asset and distributed automatically. Analysis of a paradigm shift that brings crypto closer to private…

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Agentic AI, robotics, biotech (MANBRIC) & smart cities: capital shifts from software to physical.

Thesis. The 2026 AI cycle shifts from conversational models to "digital workers" (agents) and physical AI (robots, driving, inspection); value migrates from the model layer to operational integration and automated real assets, converging directly with smart cities and tokenizable infrastructure. Key Data. ~71% of companies are expected to integrate AI agents into key functions…

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Commodities & ESG taxonomy: real returns in a world of real assets

Thesis. Raw materials are regaining a core portfolio role (hedging a multipolar world and AI electrification), while European ESG shifts from an obligation-based regime to a market-driven one, less reporting, more pricing. Key Data. January 2026 records: gold ~$5,405/oz (2025 annual average: $3,431, +44%), silver >$121/oz, LME copper $13,238/t. Citi scenarios (Q3 2026): Brent…

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