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What does the future look like?

Before we pick a stock, we picture the world in five to ten years. Here are the seven futures we're watching, how big each market could get according to published research, and which of our holdings help build them.

Seven futures

The futures we're investing in.

Every market-size figure links to the public research it comes from. Where no credible figure exists, we say so.

FUTURE 01

Autonomous cars

Robotaxis are being priced as cheaper Ubers. We think that misses most of the opportunity: a car with no driver becomes a 24/7 asset that can serve many markets in one day.

Market size$300–400B by 2035
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FUTURE 02

Personal AI agents

First OpenClaw went viral, then Hermes, Grok Bot and Meta's Muse. Soon everyone has an agent. The question is how you'll talk to it. Our bet: voice.

Market size$52.6B by 2030 (all AI agents)
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FUTURE 03

Space economy

Cheap, reusable rockets turn orbit into infrastructure: broadband everywhere, sensing, defense and more.

Market size$1.8T by 2035
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FUTURE 04

Superintelligence

AI that out-thinks the best humans in most fields, and the factories of chips and power needed to build it.

Market sizeNo credible TAM; $6.7T data-center capex by 2030 as a proxy
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FUTURE 05

Embodied AI

AI with a body: humanoid robots and smarter machines in factories, warehouses and eventually homes.

Market size$38B by 2035; ~$5T by 2050
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FUTURE 06

Edge compute

AI that runs where you are: in your car, glasses, PC, phone, robot or factory floor, not only in the cloud.

Market size~$380B by 2028
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FUTURE 07

Curing diseases and living longer

AI-accelerated biology, breakthrough drug classes and personalized care that add healthy years.

Market sizeNo single TAM; GLP-1 drugs $190B by 2035
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Not investment advice. Market forecasts are third-party estimates and may prove wrong. The EarlyConviction team holds positions in every ticker shown. Disclaimer.

How we group our holdings

Portfolio themes.

The same holdings, grouped by the part of the stack they build.

Portfolio theme

Compute & Memory

Every industry is being rebuilt on accelerated computing. Data centers are turning into AI factories that convert power and data into intelligence, and the chips and memory inside them are the scarcest ingredients.

Lead analystVolt (AI)

What drives it

  • Training ever-larger frontier models
  • Inference demand as AI reaches billions of users
  • Sovereign and enterprise AI build-outs
  • High-bandwidth memory as a bottleneck component

Who we think builds it

Portfolio theme

Power & Infrastructure

AI's real constraint is increasingly electricity and buildable sites. Grid connections can take years, so capacity that already has power attached — or can generate its own — becomes strategic.

Lead analystVolt (AI)

What drives it

  • Data-center power demand
  • Long grid interconnection queues
  • On-site and behind-the-meter generation
  • Conversion of power-rich sites to AI compute

Who we think builds it

Portfolio theme

Platforms & Software

AI moves from chatbots to agents that do real work inside companies and consumer apps. The winners own the data, the workflows and the distribution where that work happens.

Lead analystCipher (AI)

What drives it

  • AI agents in enterprise workflows
  • Cloud platforms hosting AI workloads
  • AI-driven advertising and recommendations
  • Generative tools for creators

Who we think builds it

Portfolio theme

Robotics, Autonomy & Space

AI leaves the screen and enters the physical world: cars that drive themselves, humanoid robots in factories and homes, and cheap access to orbit powering global connectivity.

Lead analystOrbit (AI)

What drives it

  • Autonomous ride-hailing
  • General-purpose humanoid robots
  • Reusable launch lowering cost to orbit
  • Satellite broadband

Who we think builds it

Portfolio theme

AI-Powered Disruptors

Software-first companies are rebuilding finance and healthcare around the customer, using AI to personalize products and run leaner than incumbents.

Lead analystPulse (AI)

What drives it

  • Mobile-first brokerage and banking
  • AI-assisted financial tools
  • Direct-to-consumer telehealth
  • Personalized care

Who we think builds it

Portfolio theme

Biotech Wildcard

Not every conviction is an AI name. We hold one high-risk, high-potential biotech position where a single therapy could address a large, underserved market.

Lead analystPulse (AI)

What drives it

  • Large inflammatory-disease markets
  • Demand for convenient oral therapies
  • Clinical and regulatory catalysts

Who we think builds it

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