AI takeoff/inflection is happening now

AI takeoff/inflection is happening now | Yeah. I mean, I think you can literally see it. It's takeoff time. Takeoff time. inflection point. And nobody wants to say it. | Frontier model releases through 2026

Key catalyst: Frontier model releases through 2026

Yeah. I mean, I think you can literally see it. It's takeoff time. Takeoff time. inflection point. And nobody wants to say it.

Takeoff narrative increasingly public; Anthropic, Google DeepMind, OpenAI all signaling.

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