Rosa Del Mar

Issue 15 2026-01-15

Rosa Del Mar

Daily Brief

Issue 15 2026-01-15

Venture Capital Concentration And Megafund Mechanics

  • Andreessen Horowitz raised $15B, accounting for over 20% of the total venture funds raised by firms in 2025.
  • Early reviews of Anthropic’s new knowledge-work workspace product are described as impressive but somewhat 'janky,' implying execution risk despite strong concept.
  • OpenAI is described as facing existential risk.

Dispatchable Power Supply Constraints And Thermal Capex Inflation

  • Global gas turbine production capacity is about ~60 GW per year and current orders imply demand exceeding that by roughly ~20–40 GW annually in the near term.
  • ERCOT and Texas transmission service providers have sharply divergent 2030 electricity-demand forecasts: about 1,000 TWh versus about 1,600 TWh.
  • Globally, electricity spending has been remarkably stable at roughly 3–4% of GDP for decades.