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Builder's brief · Sep 26, 2026

Builder's brief: Reading List 2026-09-26

1 picks. Also: nothing else cleared the bar.

What changed

1 picks. Leading: Reading List 2026-09-26.

Infrastructure1

InfrastructureSep 26, 2026 · 6:17 AM ET · Construction Physics (Brian Potter)

ASML’s lack of European sales, a California distributed power plant, Starlink as a planetary barometer, and more.

Builder score 75Why it scoresRules judge pick: Infrastructure item; Topics: energy, policy; Source: Construction Physics (Brian Potter).

What it costs to build now

Live build costs from public sources. Full tables on the stack page.

  • AI API prices

    441 models priced per 1M tokens.

    Source: OpenRouter, fetched 2026-10-25

  • GPU rental

    33 GPU models priced per GPU-hour.

    Source: Vast.ai, fetched 2026-10-25

  • Cost of money

    Bank Prime Loan Rate: 7.00% on Oct 21, 2026.

    Source: FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (DPRIME)

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Where the openings are

Ownership and build openings: Reading List 2026-09-26.

InfrastructureSep 26, 2026 · 6:17 AM ET · Construction Physics (Brian Potter)

ASML’s lack of European sales, a California distributed power plant, Starlink as a planetary barometer, and more.

Builder score 75