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Tyler Technologies is the dominant software platform for U.S. state and local government — a market defined by mission-critical workflows, 12–24 month implementation cycles, and a procurement environment that structurally protects incumbents. The investment thesis is built on three compounding forces: (1) a largely complete SaaS cloud transition that is converting a high-gross-margin subscription base from flat to accelerating, with ARR already at $2.06B and growing 11% annually; (2) a payments platform (NIC) that turns Tyler’s 40,000+ client relationships into a recurring transaction revenue stream now generating $808M per year and growing at double digits; and (3) a Tyler 2030 strategic roadmap that articulates a credible path to 30%+ non-GAAP operating margins by the end of the decade.Read more

Deep Dive: Assessing the Sustainability of CRWV’s Compute-as-a-Service Model I’ve been looking into the business model of CRWV and its reliance on high-leverage hardware acquisition. Here’s a breakdown of why the current trajectory might face significant structural headwinds compared to established players.Read more

IREN is undergoing a fundamental re-rating, evolving from a Bitcoin miner into a premier AI Cloud Service Provider. The thesis is anchored by the scarcity of three critical assets: Gigawatt-scale power , specialized data centers , and NVIDIA Blackwell compute.Read more

Thesis HubSpot is a leading, product-led CRM platform for SMBs and mid-market companies that bundles marketing, sales, service, operations and commerce capabilities in an easy-to-adopt cloud suite. Its strong brand, inbound-marketing flywheel, partner ecosystem and user-friendly UX drive customer acquisition and retention, allowing HubSpot to capture higher lifetime value from expanding product adoption inside customers.Read more

The cloud data warehouse space is heating up, and Snowflake Inc. (NYSE: SNOW) sits right in the middle of it all.Read more

A Note to New Readers: Welcome. What you are about to read is my original narrative for IREN, first published in September 2024.Read more

For me, the story behind this company is the following. I read Alex Carpe's book, The Philosopher in the Valley, and I loved how structured and driven he was.Read more

Key Takeaways ZenaTech is focusing its efforts into building AI drones, combining Drone as a Service, SaaS, and AI as its key revenue drivers. Previously building software for agriculture, ZenaTech has shifted rapidly toward drone services, now driving ~70% of revenue after recent acquisitions.Read more

Most investors think the artificial intelligence boom belongs to chipmakers like NVIDIA or cloud giants such as Microsoft. But training and running AI models requires far more than chips.Read more