Shafkat Rahman

AI investment research and applied AI development.

I write technical analysis on agent systems, scaling behavior, model architectures, and infrastructure economics. My background spans theoretical physics, private equity research, and shipping AI products.

Latest writing

Software Agents Can Actually Use Jul 18, 2026

How to build agent-native software around shared actions, precise tool contracts, and structural security.

The Compute Curve Jul 11, 2026

What GPU derivatives could reveal about AI progress, and why the signal will remain ambiguous.

When Intelligence Enters the Control Loop Jul 10, 2026

Why inference speed changes what intelligent systems can control.

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