Getting a lot of questions about my portfolio being “high beta.”
Let me make this crystal clear:
Yes, it’s high beta. That’s the entire point.
We’re sitting at the convergence of three structural mega-trends that will define the next decade:
• Energy scarcity for AI infrastructure
• Defense geopolitical realignment
• Autonomous systems buildout
You don’t position for generational shifts with index funds.
Here’s why each holding isn’t just correlated risk, but strategic exposure to bottlenecks that CANNOT be replicated:
$KRKNF - Subsea Defense Chokepoint
6,000-meter certified batteries. AquaPix SAS. Anduril, HII, U.S. Navy contracts.
You can’t just “build a competitor” to a decade of operational data in the undersea autonomy arms race.
$IREN - Power Infrastructure MonopolyMicrosoft signed a $9.7B contract for capacity that doesn’t exist yet.
They’re not buying GPUs. They’re buying POWER.
BlackRock said it themselves: “The constraint isn’t chips, it’s land and energy.”
$IREN controls 3GW. You can’t replicate gigawatt campuses in 6 months. It takes YEARS.
$CIFR - Another AI infrastructure play with power capacity at scale. Same thesis as
$IREN.
Hyperscalers are in a literal arms race for compute. The bottleneck is energy access, not silicon.
$ASTS - Is building the ONLY cellular broadband network from space.
AT&T and Verizon partnerships. Defense applications for beyond-line-of-sight comms.
This is infrastructure that literally cannot be built by anyone else at this scale.
$OSS - AI Edge ComputeEdge AI is the next battleground after cloud.
$OSS operates at the intersection of defense autonomy and commercial AI deployment.
As systems move toward real-time processing at the edge, this scales.
$TE - Solar is scaling as the fastest-deployable energy source as data centers consume exponential power, solar becomes critical supplementary infrastructure.
$ONDS - Autonomous Systems Platform
$1.5B cash. 2026 guidance raised 25% to $170-180M.
Backlog up 180% in 60 days.
Iron Dome integration.
This is the software layer enabling swarming drones and counter-UAS at scale.
Defense spending here is non-negotiable.
The Pattern Nobody’s Seeing:
Every single one of these companies controls a non-replicable bottleneck in infrastructure that takes YEARS to build.
• You can’t build subsea battery tech in 18 months;
$KRKNF
• You can’t approve gigawatt power in 6 months;
$IREN,
$CIFR
• You can’t launch a satellite constellation overnight;
$ASTS
Meanwhile:
• AI infrastructure spending: $200B (2024) → $500B (2026)
• NATO defense commitments: 3.5% GDP locked through 2035
• Autonomous systems adoption: Exponential across military commercial
The math is simple:
Infinite demand. Fixed supply. I own the supply.
“But what about execution risk?”
Every company I listed has:
→ Multi-year contracted revenue or government partnerships
→ Expanding backlogs (not shrinking)
→ Physical moats (power, spectrum, materials, patents)
This isn’t a momentum trade.
It’s infrastructure positioning ahead of a multi-trillion dollar buildout.
The real risk isn’t holding these names.
It’s being underexposed when the market realizes that energy, defense, and AI autonomy aren’t separate themes, they’re the SAME trade.
Note: This is NOT financial advice.