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Data and Defensibility
When does data confer defensibility? Let's find out.
Apr 12, 2025 • Abraham Thomas
Making Markets in Time
Silicon Valley and the Invention of Temporal Arbitrage
Jan 25, 2025 • Abraham Thomas
Ahead of the (Yield) Curve
Building a high-frequency-trading system in the 1990s.
Dec 4, 2024 • Abraham Thomas
How To Price A Data Asset
Everything you ever wanted to know about data pricing.
May 11, 2024 • Abraham Thomas
Strong Opinions, Weakly Held
Or, decision-making under incomplete information.
Oct 3, 2023 • Abraham Thomas
The Worst Outcome is a Mediocre Success
Or, how to ensure you learn absolutely nothing.
Sep 21, 2023 • Abraham Thomas
Data in the Age of AI
We live in interesting times.
May 20, 2023 • Abraham Thomas
The Perils of Prudence
Sometimes, being prudent is the riskiest strategy of all.
Jan 21, 2023 • Abraham Thomas
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Pivotal is a newsletter about data, investing, and startups. It has three underlying themes: the data explosion, markets in everything, and software eating the world.

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