Archive - The Leverage

2025 is Winding Down, Nuclear is Blowing Up

The Weekend Leverage, December 21st

Dec 21 • Evan Armstrong

How To Make Taste Worth $100 Billion

On Netflix, A24, and fighting against slop

Dec 17 • Evan Armstrong

The Most Important AI Paper of The Year Was Just Released

The Weekend Leverage, December 14th

Dec 14 • Evan Armstrong

The Anti-Slop List

Some good sources of friction for the holidays

Dec 12 • Evan Armstrong

Uh Oh, AI Is Influencing Elections Now

The Weekend Leverage, December 7th

Dec 7 • Evan Armstrong

Netflix buying Warner Brothers proves attention always beats craft

Dec 5 • Evan Armstrong

A Robot Walks Into a Coffee Shop

Specialized machines crush humanoids at single tasks. The interesting question is why the economics flip when you walk through your front door.

Dec 4 • Evan Armstrong

November 2025

Can AI Advance Science? (Plus a Cyber Monday Bonus!)

The Weekend Leverage, November 30th

Nov 30 • Evan Armstrong

9 Advanced Prompts to Master Nano Banana Pro

Happy Cyber Monday!

Nov 30 • Evan Armstrong

Are Ads the Answer to AI's Problems?

A company has already made millions serving ads to developers

Nov 26 • Evan Armstrong

39:25

You Don't Need to Own the Pipes If You're the Water

Anthropic just shipped its best model yet. The strategy that produced it is the real story.

Nov 25 • Evan Armstrong

Data Centers are Gobbling up All the Capital

The Weekend Leverage, November 23rd

Nov 23 • Evan Armstrong

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