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Ed Zitron

Ed Zitron is named in 5 Parts of The Buildout, most recently Part 16: The Seller Holds the Paper. Argued in Part 8 (A closed loop).

In 5 parts of The Buildout: Part 16, Part 11, Part 10, Part 08, Part 06 · Updated Oct 22, 2026

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  1. Part 08 · A closed loop

    Over $1T of GPUs bought to win two unprofitable labs, the source of about 70% of hyperscaler AI revenue.

    AI Lenders Are Financing the End of Scarcity Who is on each side

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  1. Part 16The financed share

    Ed Zitron, Steve Eisman's guest on The Real Eisman Playbook on September 9, said Nvidia had extended payment terms for investment-grade customers from 90 days to a full year and tied that to 14 more days outstanding.

    The Seller Holds the Paper

  2. Part 11The margin the book does not show

    Eisman, in a September 9 episode with Ed Zitron, notes that Nvidia stretched payment terms for investment-grade customers to a full year from 90 days, adding 14 days to days sales outstanding, and on September 14 adds that five customers made up 70% of Nvidia's accounts receivable, some of them, OpenAI among them, not in especially healthy condition.

    The Backlog Is Not the Quarter

  3. Part 10Who writes the checks

    Against that growth sits the loss-making base of the chain: Steve Eisman, in an episode with Ed Zitron, cited OpenAI’s $20.9 billion loss in 2025 on $13.07 billion of revenue.

    The Bubble Is in the Denominator

  4. Part 08Cash, or a loop

    Ed Zitron said Alphabet, Amazon, Meta and Microsoft have together spent over $1 trillion on Nvidia GPUs, mostly to win the business of OpenAI and Anthropic, two companies they also help fund and that both lose heavily.

    AI Lenders Are Financing the End of Scarcity

  5. Part 06Scarcity has three faces

    Steve Eisman, in a conversation with Ed Zitron, draws the darker inference: data centers are harder and costlier to build than planned, gigawatt projects are late, and every month of slippage gives customers who already lose money more time to stumble.

    Power Doesn’t Depreciate. Its Premium Moves.

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