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Updated · Yahoo Finance · Aug 24
Thiel Macro Puts $418.7 Million Into AI Power Bet as Amazon Takes 28.2%
Updated
Updated · Yahoo Finance · Aug 24

Thiel Macro Puts $418.7 Million Into AI Power Bet as Amazon Takes 28.2%

1 articles · Updated · Yahoo Finance · Aug 24

Summary

  • $418.7 million in newly disclosed holdings shows Thiel Macro reemerged after two quarters with no reported positions, building an eight-stock portfolio centered on electricity for AI.
  • Amazon accounted for $118 million, or 28.2% of assets, and was the fund's only technology holding; the other seven positions were tied to power generation or distribution.
  • Vista Energy ranked second at $75.9 million, followed by Vistra at $59.1 million, while AEP, DTE Energy, FirstEnergy and CMS Energy each made up roughly 9% to 10% of the portfolio.
  • The June 30 snapshot points to a thesis that power—not chips—is AI's next bottleneck, echoing utility warnings that data-center demand is straining grids.

Insights

If power is the true bottleneck for AI, could the next trillion-dollar tech giants actually be traditional utility companies?
Could the entire AI revolution be derailed not by a lack of advanced chips, but by an aging electrical grid?