Invest Like the Best · August 25, 2026 · 1h 18m

Neil Movva - Making AI 10x Cheaper - [Invest Like the Best, EP.488]

Neil Movva, founder of Sail, joins Invest Like the Best to chart the future of AI inference. Sail is a 'token factory' built for a world dominated by long-running autonomous agents, where cost per token matters far more than real-time latency. The conversation tours the full stack of intelligence — chips, software, and power — exploring Movva's 'scavenger strategy' for buying overlooked compute and energy, why the premium frontier labs charge for being months ahead may collapse, and his contrarian bet against NVIDIA's dominance as the market shifts from training to persistent, cost-sensitive inference workloads.

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The Rise of the Token Factory00:03:22

Sail is building a 'token factory' — an inference company optimized for a future where AI agents run autonomously for hours or days, prioritizing radical cost reduction over low latency.

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Long-Running Agents Will Dominate Future Workloads00:05:32

The next phase of AI will be defined by 'long-running agents' performing tasks like deep research and persistent cybersecurity over extended periods, shifting the primary infrastructure demand from speed to cost-efficiency.

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