The Pulse #191: a new trend of CPU shortages

For compute-intensive services: it’s worth reserving more compute now. Also: growth dreams end for more COVID-era unicorns, engineers losing touch with systems when AI handles incidents, and more Sep 10, 2026 ∙ Paid The Pulse is a series covering events, insights, and trends within Big Tech and startups. Today, we cover: New trend of CPU shortages: after a GPU shortage and memory shortage driven by AI companies, we’re now experienceding a CPU shortage, thanks to AI agents using a lot more CPU with tool usage. If you will need more compute in the future: secure it now…