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# Why AI Compute Comes in Rectangles — Erik Bernhardsson, Modal CEO

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**Published:** 2026-10-22T17:40:57.000Z
**Category:** Infra
**Topics:** agent

## Summary

An article discusses elastic GPUs, sandbox growth, and the economics of the agent cloud in relation to AI compute\.

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