RESEARCH · Q2 2026

The post-software cycle physical capital endures

Zhan Capital allocates at the intersection of sovereign AI infrastructure, energy systems, and digital monetary networks — where physical constraints determine who wins.

CYCLE Post-Software
ENERGY FOCUS Nuclear-First
MONETARY LAYER BTC Native
SUPPLY CHAIN Rare Earth
SCROLL
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WHERE WE FOCUS

Three theses. One physical layer.

Each vertical is a thesis position, not a sector bet — grounded in supply chain economics, energy constraints, and monetary first principles.

Sovereign AI Infrastructure

National compute capacity is a strategic asset. We research the physical stack beneath AI: data center siting, power procurement, rare earth dependencies, and the geopolitics of sovereign inference.

AI INFRASTRUCTURECOMPUTESOVEREIGNTY
$1T+
PROJECTED CAPEX BY 2030
3 GW
SOVEREIGN PIPELINE TRACKED

Energy Systems

The compute buildout has a power problem. We model nuclear permitting timelines, grid congestion, and hashprice as first-order signals for the next energy infrastructure cycle.

NUCLEARGRIDENERGY ECONOMICS
400 GW
NEW LOAD DEMAND FORECAST
2030
NUCLEAR INFLECTION WINDOW

Digital Monetary Networks

Bitcoin is infrastructure, not speculation. We track hashprice as a macro signal and model miner economics, difficulty cycles, and the formation of a sovereign monetary layer.

BITCOINHASHPRICEMONETARY NETWORKS
21M
HARD SUPPLY CAP
Live
HASHPRICE MODELS
THE THESIS

Capital follows the physical layer.

Software ate the world. Now the world is building the infrastructure to run it.

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