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Dylan Patel: Anthropic, OpenAI will hold most of the world's compute by end-2028

On the Dwarkesh Podcast, argued that by the end of 2028 Anthropic and OpenAI will control most of the world's available compute and absorb 70–80% of new compute

Why it matters

A head-on prediction of compute concentration and an entrenched two-player order — a reference point for the summer 2026 discourse on power in AI infrastructure

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