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# Althea Vance

*Senior Technology Fellow & Former Enterprise CTO · Strategy & Capital*

Enterprise technology fellow examining financial perspectives on 36-month silicon amortization and TCO.

## Dispatches by Althea Vance

- [The Three-Year Silicon Clock: How to Think About AI Capital Expenditure Without Getting Burned](https://superintelligence.buzz/essays/depreciation-and-durability) (2026-10-12) — *Venture debt and sovereign funds have poured hundreds of billions into hardware clusters. But when silicon depreciates on a 36-month half-life, the software layer must generate cash flow or face insolvency.*