Big banks and insurance companies will not triple in size in the AI productivity timeframe.
Predictor: Dave Blundin · ep#232 "Ben Horowitz: xAI Executive Exodus, Apple's AI Crisis, The Pace of AI | EP #232" · source
Prediction text
Big banks and insurance companies will not triple in size in the AI productivity timeframe. | big big banks, insurance companies are not going to triple their size in the time frame where it has.
Verbatim quote
big big banks, insurance companies are not going to triple their size in the time frame where it has.
Predictor: Dave Blundin
Calibration plot (stated vs observed)
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Probability over time
Milestone chain
- 2026-04-14hitJPMorgan Q1 2026 net income +13% YoY to $16.49B; revenue +10% to $50.54BHow: JPMorgan reports Q1 2026 earnings with double-digit revenue growth — solidly positive but not on a tripling trajectorySource: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/14/jpmorgan-chase-jpm-earnings-1q-2026.htmlconf 95%Notes: HIT — 10% revenue growth is healthy but mathematically can't compound to 3x in remaining ~2-year window. Supports Blundin's no-triple thesis.
- 2026-04-14hitGoldman Sachs equities revenue +27% to $5.33B; IB fees +48% to $2.84B (Q1 2026)How: Goldman Sachs reports Q1 2026 equities surge 27% and investment banking fees up 48%, beating estimatesSource: https://www.tradingview.com/news/zacks:9d2390068094b:0-after-solid-q1-should-you-hold-or-fold-goldman-at-current-level/conf 90%Notes: Strong but not tripling. 48% IB fee growth is cyclical M&A thaw, not structural 3x scaling.
- 2026-06-01 → 2028-06-30pendingAI-driven margin expansion: top-5 US banks report ROE >18% (sustained two consecutive years)How: Top-5 US banks each report return-on-equity >18% in two consecutive fiscal years, citing AI productivity gains in MD&ASource: 10-K filings, FDIC Quarterly Banking Profileconf 45%Notes: AI yields margin gains, not 3x topline. Margin/ROE is the realistic measurable signal.
- 2027-01-01 → 2028-06-30pendingTop-3 US bank reports trailing-twelve-month revenue ≥$150BHow: Any of JPM, BAC, WFC, C reports TTM revenue ≥$150B (vs JPM 2025 managed revenue of $185.6B as baseline)Source: 10-K filings, S&P Capital IQconf 60%Notes: JPM already at $185.6B managed revenue 2025 — high probability others approach $150B. Far from tripling.
- 2028-06-30pendingNo top-10 US bank or insurer reports 3x revenue growth over any 24-month window through 2028How: Verification by end-window: search top-10 US banks (by assets) and top-10 US insurers (by NPW) for any 24-month rolling revenue growth ≥200%Source: 10-K filings, FDIC, NAIC dataconf 85%Notes: This is the literal resolution criterion for Blundin's prediction. High confidence it resolves TRUE (no tripling).
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Evidence chain
Network propagation neighbors
Top incoming (parents)
Edges that influence THIS node's belief
| Kind | Node | Their prob | P(c|s=T) | P(c|s=F) | Δ implied |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| killer | TK09 Energy Grid Cap (Data Center Power Wall) | 35.0% | 0.050 | 0.600 | -0.088 |
| prereq | SEM_015 Nvidia agreed to remit 15% of China chip-sale revenue direct — Jensen Huang | 66.3% | 0.600 | 0.050 | -0.076 |
| prereq | SEM_027 Nvidia Data Center revenue +66% YoY, contributing ~90% of $5 — Joseph Moore | 68.3% | 0.600 | 0.050 | -0.075 |
| killer | TK05 Rate Regime Persistence (10y > 5% through 2028) | 30.0% | 0.050 | 0.600 | -0.060 |
| killer | TK03 AI Regulatory Moratorium (EU/US Capability Freeze) | 10.0% | 0.050 | 0.600 | +0.050 |
Top outgoing (children)
Predictions THIS node influences
| Kind | Node | Their prob | P(c|s=T) | P(c|s=F) | Δ implied |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| prereq | 232_057 First person to arrive on moon/Mars will find bed made by Op — Dave Blundin | 34.8% | 0.600 | 0.050 | -0.029 |
| prereq | 242_023 World will have 10x more wealth around 2034-2036 — Dave Blundin | 34.2% | 0.600 | 0.050 | -0.023 |
| prereq | 246_016 Dragonfly nuclear-powered octicopter arrives at Titan in 203 — Peter Diamandis | 35.6% | 0.650 | 0.050 | -0.013 |
| prereq | 230_020 Peter's 14-year-old son Milan will never get a driver's lice — Peter Diamandis | 34.7% | 0.650 | 0.050 | -0.004 |
| prereq | 240_036 TEPCO's restarted reactor will support 20% of Japan's electr — Peter Diamandis | 34.3% | 0.650 | 0.050 | +0.000 |
Ticker exposure
Beneficiaries (24)
Adverse (6)
Prerequisites (10)
| Type | Pred | Title | Domain | Lag |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| prereq | SEM_011 | Nvidia became the world's first $5 trillion company (late 2025), operating a near-monopoly on advanced AI chips. | Capital Markets | — |
| prereq | SEM_027 | Nvidia Data Center revenue +66% YoY, contributing ~90% of $57B fiscal Q3 revenue; >$4.5T market cap entirely underpinned by AI silicon. | Capital Markets | — |
| prereq | SEM_014 | Nvidia's Arizona-based TSMC factory successfully fabricated cutting-edge semiconductors on US soil for first time in decades (October 2025). | Manufacturing | — |
| prereq | SEM_012 | Nvidia quadrupled chip production output while only doubling human headcount — achieved by deploying AI coding tools (Cursor, Claude Code) across engineering. | AI/Manufacturing | — |
| prereq | SEM_015 | Nvidia agreed to remit 15% of China chip-sale revenue directly to US government in exchange for reversing specific AI chip export bans. | Policy/Semis | — |
| killer | TK09 | Energy Grid Cap (Data Center Power Wall) | — | — |
| killer | TK05 | Rate Regime Persistence (10y > 5% through 2028) | — | — |
| killer | TK01 | AGI Capability Plateau (2026-27 Training Stall) | — | — |
| killer | TK02 | AI Compute Supply Shock (TSMC/Taiwan Disruption) | — | — |
| killer | TK03 | AI Regulatory Moratorium (EU/US Capability Freeze) | — | — |
Dependents (5)
| Type | Pred | Title | Domain | Lag |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| prereq | 230_020 | Peter's 14-year-old son Milan will never get a driver's license. | Auto/Transport | — |
| prereq | 246_016 | Dragonfly nuclear-powered octicopter arrives at Titan in 2034. | Space | — |
| prereq | 240_036 | TEPCO's restarted reactor will support 20% of Japan's electric needs by 2040 | Energy | — |
| prereq | 232_057 | First person to arrive on moon/Mars will find bed made by Optimus robots; robots not astronauts lead exploration. | Robotics | — |
| prereq | 242_023 | World will have 10x more wealth around 2034-2036 | Macro/Economy | — |
Raw metadata
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"context": "if you don't expand 3x, you're still looking at, you know, a two-thirds reduction in headcount to get the same job done. So it effectively is a huge amount of displacement because, you know, big big banks, insurance companies are not going to triple their size in the time frame where it has.",
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