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OpenAI Buying the Super Bowl Again Is a Warning Shot (and a Bull Signal) THE DAILY --- H.E.A.T. Torching Wall Street’s Obsolete Playbook. Delivered straight to your inbox 5 days a week. Subscribe Home Posts OpenAI Buying the Super Bowl Again Is a Warning Shot (and a Bull Signal) OpenAI Buying the Super Bowl Again Is a Warning Shot (and a Bull Signal) Jan 14, 2026 I’ve been a trader and investor for 44 years. I left Wall Street long ago—-once I understood that their obsolete advice is designed to profit them, not you. Today, my firm manages around $4 billion in ETFs, and I don’t answer to anybody. I tell the truth because trying to fool investors doesn’t help them, or me. In Daily --- H.E.A.T. , I show you how to Hedge against disaster, find your Edge, exploit Asymmetric opportunities, and ride major Themes before Wall Street catches on. ❝ I’m hosting a webinar entitled “Why Covered Call ETFs Suck and What to Do Instead” (More Info Below) January 15 2-3pm. Sign Up Here Table of Contents --- H.E.A.T. The Setup: “Why is OpenAI paying Super Bowl prices … What just happened What this foreshadows for the AI trade in 2026 • 1) AI is leaving the lab and entering the living r … • 2) Model quality is becoming table stakes • 3) Marketing spend is the new “AI capex” Winners Winner bucket #1: The distribution kings (they bec … Winner bucket #2: The ad tollbooths (they get paid … Winner bucket #3: The “usage stack” (more adoption … Losers Loser bucket #1: The AI “apps” without distributio … Loser bucket #2: Businesses that monetize “basic a … Loser bucket #3: “AI optimism” stocks that need pe … Second-order winners (the sneaky ones) The big takeaway --- News vs. Noise: What’s Moving Markets Today --- A Stock I’m Watching Why Covered Call ETFs Suck-And What To Do Instead --- H.E.A.T. The Setup: “Why is OpenAI paying Super Bowl prices?” Because the chatbot market just hit a new phase. When a tech category is young , the best product wins attention for free. When a tech category is maturing , the best-funded players start paying for mindshare … because the product advantage narrows, competition tightens, and distribution becomes the real moat. OpenAI running another Super Bowl ad isn’t “marketing fluff.” It’s a tell that the AI race is shifting: From “who has the best model?” → to “who becomes the default?” That’s a very different war. And it changes what stocks win. What just happened OpenAI is reportedly set to run a 60-second Super Bowl commercial again—during NBC’s broadcast of Super Bowl LX—after doing its first-ever paid advertising push last year. Meanwhile: AI companies are spending real money across TV + digital to win users. Competition is tightening: Google’s Gemini is gaining ground, Anthropic is pressing hard into enterprise, and everyone is trying to look “safe” and “helpful” to a public that is still uneasy about AI. Here’s the important part: They’re not just selling features. They’re selling trust. That means we’ve entered the “Coke vs Pepsi” era of AI—not the “new invention” era. What this foreshadows for the AI trade in 2026 • 1) AI is leaving the lab and entering the living room Super Bowl ads aren’t for engineers. They’re for mass adoption . This is the moment AI stops being a tech story and becomes a consumer habit : homework help recipes travel planning shopping customer service daily productivity Once that behavior locks in, usage explodes . And usage drives the entire stack. • 2) Model quality is becoming table stakes When everyone is “good enough,” the moat shifts to: default distribution (phones, browsers, operating systems) integration into workflow (email, docs, enterprise software) trust/brand (people don’t want to feel dumb or unsafe using it) willingness to spend on marketing (because CAC becomes the battleground) That’s why this matters: the AI arms race is turning into a customer acquisition war. And customer acquisition wars are expensive. Which means the market starts punishing players who can’t monetize. • 3) Marketing spend is the new “AI capex” In 2024–2025, investors obsessed over AI capex (GPUs, data centers, power). In 2026, there’s a second bill coming due: customer acquisition (ads, promotions, partnerships) brand positioning (trust + safety messaging) enterprise sales teams and channel partnerships Translation: AI is not getting cheaper to compete in. It’s getting more expensive—just in different ways. Winners Winner bucket #1: The distribution kings (they become the default) If the fight is for “default,” the winners are the platforms that already own your daily workflow: $MSFT — distribution through Windows + Office + enterprise relationships $GOOGL — distribution through Search + Android + YouTube, plus Gemini momentum $AAPL — the ultimate default gatekeeper (the moment Apple goes all-in on AI distribution, everyone else pays a toll) $AMZN — enterprise + cloud + consumer surface area (Prime ecosystem is distribution) These names don’t need the best model every week. They need the most embedded model. Winner bucket #2: The ad tollbooths (they get paid no matter who wins) If AI companies are entering a marketing arms race, the highest-confidence winners are the ones selling the oxygen: $META — performance ad machine + massive inventory $GOOGL — still the global demand-capture king $AMZN — retail intent ads are where budgets go when CFOs get picky $CMCSA — NBC/Super Bowl pricing power (one event doesn’t move the needle, but it signals who’s collecting tolls) Think of it this way: AI companies are buying users. These platforms are selling them. Winner bucket #3: The “usage stack” (more adoption = more compute) Mass marketing drives usage. Usage drives inference. Inference drives infrastructure. $NVDA — still the core compute toll collector $AVGO — networking/connectivity gravity as usage scales $ANET — data center networking demand benefits from “AI everywhere” $MU — memory intensity rises as inference workloads scale This is why “AI advertising” isn’t a side story. It’s a demand accelerant for the entire physical stack. Losers Loser bucket #1: The AI “apps” without distribution If OpenAI is buying the Super Bowl, it’s telling you something brutal: User acquisition is getting expensive. The losers are the AI products that require: paying for every incremental user fighting for attention against companies that can spend $50M like it’s lunch money competing with “bundled AI” inside platforms In public markets, this tends to show up as pressure on high-multiple, narrative-heavy software that doesn’t control distribution and doesn’t have clear pricing power. Loser bucket #2: Businesses that monetize “basic answers” When chatbots become mainstream tools, the most vulnerable businesses are the ones that sell: generic information low-differentiation help “search-like” answers without a moat A clean, obvious ticker example the market already understands here: $CHGG — once AI becomes “normal,” the substitution effect intensifies (not new, but adoption acceleration makes it worse) Loser bucket #3: “AI optimism” stocks that need perfect sentiment A Super Bowl-driven AI marketing war is exciting… but it also pulls forward the moment investors ask: “Cool. Where are the margins?” So the biggest losers tend to be anything that is: pre-profit dependent on hype cycles forced to spend aggressively just to keep up When marketing becomes mandatory, weak unit economics get exposed. Second-order winners (the sneaky ones) If the AI firms are advertising partly to reduce fear and increase trust, the second-order beneficiaries are “trust infrastructure”: $PANW / $CRWD / $ZS — security posture becomes more important as AI moves into daily workflows $NOW — workflow platforms that operationalize AI into enterprise processes (AI that actually touches ROI) This is the quiet shift: AI spending becomes less about demos and more about systems. The big takeaway OpenAI buying the Super Bowl again is not a cute headline. It’s a signal that: the chatbot market is getting crowded, differentiation is compressing, and the war is moving to distribution + brand + trust . In 2026, the winners won’t just be “who has the smartest model.” They’ll be: who owns the default surfaces who sells the advertising oxygen who supplies the compute when usage explodes That’s the trade behind the trade. --- News vs. Noise: What’s Moving Markets Today News: Yesterday’s CPI was genuinely constructive (core CPI +0.2% m/m SA , +2.6% y/y ) — it didn’t read like “tariffs are already leaking into everything,” and that kept the bond rally alive. This morning’s PPI matters mostly as a pipeline check (and note it’s a delayed November print), but the bigger “macro” headline isn’t the decimal on inflation… it’s Trump’s affordability campaign expanding from “eggs and gas” into “electricity.” He’s now explicitly signaling that AI/data centers won’t be allowed to push household utility bills higher , and Microsoft is already moving first with commitments designed to prove “AI pays its own way” (electricity pricing/coverage, local water, taxes). That’s a regime shift for the AI trade: the buildout isn’t stopping — it’s getting re-priced and re-permitted . In 2026, the winners won’t just be “who builds the most compute,” but “who builds compute without making voters pay for it.” Oh, and Bitcoin just broke above $95K. Noise: I think whoever decided to try to prosecute Powell is going to rethink that, and it will just become market noise. Today we have the ruling on tariffs as well. This could be market moving, or it could be nothing. The market will try to trade today like it’s a single binary event — “tariff ruling = risk-on/risk-off” or “PPI hot/cool = new trend.” That’s how you get chopped up. The tariff case is real tail risk (refund/fiscal optics, curve tantrum potential), but it’s also not a clean off-switch for tariffs in practice, and even the legal path is still playing out in a way that can drag on headlines without delivering immediate economic changes. Same with data centers: the “AI backlash / affordability” pivot will be slowly implemented through rate design, cost allocation, interconnection rules, and (possibly) executive pressure — not a one-day trade. The actionable takeaway isn’t “sell AI.” It’s: expect hyperscalers to eat more of the power bill , expect more “bring-your-own-power” structures, and expect volatility any time inflation prints and political optics collide. In other words: the AI trade is still on — but in 2026 it’s going to be judged like a utility project as much as a software miracle . --- A Stock I’m Watching Today’s stock is Palantir (PLTR)……. Palantir (PLTR) is increasingly setting up as an “AI operating system” for enterprises and government, with AIP acting as the wedge that turns pilots into scaled deployments (and bigger contract expansions) faster than most software peers. In Q3’25, U.S. revenue surged 77% Y/Y to $883M, driven by U.S. commercial revenue up 121% Y/Y to $397M, while total revenue grew 63% Y/Y to $1.18B and profitability stayed exceptional with 51% adjusted operating margin and 46% adjusted free-cash-flow margin. Just as important, the company posted record $2.76B in total contract value and raised FY25 revenue guidance to $4.396–$4.400B—evidence that AIP isn’t just “AI hype,” it’s translating into bookings and cash generation. The key risk (and why it’s a high-beta tape) is expectations: with growth that strong, any deceleration in U.S. commercial, a normal quarter of government lumpiness, or competitive pressure from hyperscaler “AI platform” bundling can punish the stock quickly—but if PLTR keeps converting AIP momentum into durable, repeatable installs, it earns its place on the short list of true application-layer AI compounders. 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