A dozen tech giants are quietly locking down the future. NVIDIA's chips fuel the AI revolution. META dominates how billions connect online. GOOGL essentially owns the gateway to information. Palantir emerged as the go-to AI operating system that few saw coming.

These aren't just successful companies—they've built moats so wide that competition feels almost theoretical. When one firm controls the picks and shovels of an entire technological shift, everyone else pays rent.

The AI boom isn't creating a thousand winners. It's cementing the advantage of those who got there first, scaled fast, and now sit at every critical chokepoint. Whether it's compute power, user attention, data access, or platform infrastructure—the same names keep showing up.

Market dominance this concentrated shapes everything downstream: who gets funded, which protocols gain traction, where capital flows. Even decentralized tech has to dance around these centralized giants.

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TokenRationEater

· 12h ago

ngl this is the curse that web3 can never escape... where's the promised Decentralization? --- nvidia's move really has a grip on the lifeblood of the entire ecosystem, no matter how hard others try, they have to look at its face. --- Speaking of which, palantir really broke through this time, not many people believed in it back then, and now it's become a necessity, which is quite absurd. --- It's always the same ten or so names sucking blood, no matter how creative new projects are, they still have to obediently pay rent... --- Wait, decentralized still has to revolve around centralized? Isn't that a joke? Haha. --- Capital always flows to places with a moat, I hate this logic but it has indeed won. --- So what are retail investors still dreaming about? The pattern has already been set.

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SchroedingerMiner

· 12h ago

It's been clear for a long time that this is a winner-takes-all game. Retail investors are still sleepwalking, while the big players have already blocked all the positions. --- No one saw through that wave of Palantir, and there are probably a lot of people regretting it now. --- It's nicely called a moat, but harshly it's just a monopoly. Web3 has been shouting for years about breaking monopolies, yet we still have to rely on these centralized giants for computing power... ironic, isn't it? --- It's no news that NVIDIA is the sole dominant player; the key point is that these people control the underlying infrastructure, leaving no way for latecomers. --- Really, everyone wants a piece of the cake, but they have already locked the cake in their own warehouse. --- I just want to know when this monopolistic pattern can be broken? Or can it never be changed?

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ETH_Maxi_Taxi

· 12h ago

ngl this is why I'm still optimistic about Decentralization... although we all have to look at the faces of these giants now, there will always be someone who finds a way to break the deadlock.

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ColdWalletAnxiety

· 12h ago

Nah, this is reality, big fish eat small fish. Those who entered the market early indeed made a lot of money, now latecomers trying to break through are basically dreaming. --- So is web3 really decentralized? In the end, it's still constrained by the chips, computing power, and data of these giants... --- Nvidia is indeed invincible this time, those selling shovels always make more than those mining, haha. --- Sounds like monopoly, but why does it feel like everyone is still quite excited, and no one is thinking of resisting? --- Silicon Valley is once again putting new wine in old bottles. Isn't this just a replay of the web2 playbook? --- I don't see where "few saw coming" in Palantir, it's common knowledge, okay? --- After complaining for a long time, in the end, we still have to obediently buy their stocks. Fate. --- What would Musk think after reading this article...

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SerumSquirter

· 12h ago

Ngl, this is the reality. Those who went all in early are now coasting to victory, while latercomers can only work for them... Unless one day the technical route completely changes, this game has already been decided.

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