Point72’s AI fund manager, Snap’s former Chief Strategy Officer, and Alexis Ohanian’s VC partner debate the biggest opportunities and risks in the $600B AI infrastructure buildout — including data centers in space.

SPEAKERS:

  • Eric Sanchez — Portfolio Manager, Point72 Taryon (AI-focused fund, $3B+ AUM)
  • Imran Khan — Founder & CIO, Proem Asset Management (former Snap CSO, took Alibaba public)
  • Katelin Holloway — Founding Partner, Seven Seven Six (Alexis Ohanian’s venture firm)
  • Jeff Schmidt — CEO, ECI (Moderator)

HIGHLIGHTS:
0:00 — Introductions: From fantasy sports ML to Wall Street
1:00 — Eric’s path: Injured athlete → ML obsession → Point72
2:00 — Imran: JP Morgan → Credit Suisse → Snapchat → Fund founder
2:30 — Katelin: Generalist VC, “infrastructure for the inevitable”
3:00 — $61B in data center financing — bubble or buildout?
4:00 — “The real friction isn’t power — it’s leading edge silicon”
5:00 — “Don’t underestimate human laziness” — insatiable AI demand
6:00 — Generational shift, but bubbles will form at every layer
7:00 — Cyclical vs. secular: The critical distinction
8:00 — “If you got lucky with land in Texas, that stock goes down 99%”
10:00 — Data centers in space — founder pitch that made sense
11:00 — “Thermal is unsexy but massive” — cooling and radiators
12:00 — Interconnect is the most mispriced layer — only 4 companies control it
14:00 — “Putting up tents, qualifying as circus” — engineering workarounds
15:00 — Data infrastructure → Power infrastructure
16:00 — “Most important data in the world is NOT on the web”
18:00 — “AI faker categories” — profitless prosperity coming
20:00 — “Constraint is best for innovation — AI has no constraint”
21:00 — Jack Ma: “Companies die not from lack of money, but too much money”
23:00 — Headline predictions: Continuous learning, sovereign AI, dark data centers

KEY TAKEAWAYS:

  • Real bottleneck is leading edge silicon, not power
  • Only 4 companies control high-speed interconnect IP globally
  • “AI faker” companies will see profitless prosperity then crash
  • Most valuable data isn’t on the web — it’s inside organizations
  • Space data centers are becoming investable thesis
  • Sovereign AI spending will surprise to the upside

Recorded live at Global Alts Miami 2026