The Canaan Newsletter

The Canaan Newsletter

Elon Was Right: $750 Billion Is Looking For a Socket

Jul 15, 2026

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4 min read

Elon Was Right: $750 Billion Is Looking For a Socket

AI’s power bottleneck arrived on schedule. But the immediate constraint is copper, steel, and grid access, not just generation.

Canaan Inc.
Canaan Inc.
What Would an Enterprise AI Revolt  Mean for the Grid?

Jul 8, 2026

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3 min read

What Would an Enterprise AI Revolt Mean for the Grid?

If enterprise AI moves towards sovereignty, the grid will stop serving a handful of gigawatt campuses and start serving thousands of megawatt-scale sites

Canaan Inc.
Canaan Inc.
The Rise and Rise of Solar Power

Jul 1, 2026

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3 min read

The Rise and Rise of Solar Power

How solar just surpassed coal in the U.S. and why flexible load is the missing piece of the energy puzzle

Canaan Inc.
Canaan Inc.
This Device is Slowing Down America's AI Buildout

Jun 24, 2026

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2 min read

This Device is Slowing Down America's AI Buildout

The constraint on the AI buildout is moving from silicon to steel, and there's one unglamorous device holding everything up

Canaan Inc.
Canaan Inc.
Is Compute Going to Space?

Jun 17, 2026

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3 min read

Is Compute Going to Space?

The race to move data centers into space is really just a disagreement about whether the binding constraint on computing is physics or economics

Canaan Inc.
Canaan Inc.
Turning $63 Billion of Energy Waste Into Compute

Jun 10, 2026

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3 min read

Turning $63 Billion of Energy Waste Into Compute

The world keeps burning gas for nothing. Flexible compute can put a slice of it to work

Canaan Inc.
Canaan Inc.
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