<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd"><channel><title><![CDATA[Manuel Walz GARP Investing Podcast]]></title><description><![CDATA[All about Semi Conductor 🖥️, AI Chips🤖, FinTech 💰 & GARP Investments <br/><br/><a href="https://manuelwalz.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast">manuelwalz.substack.com</a>]]></description><link>https://manuelwalz.substack.com/podcast</link><generator>Substack</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 07:29:50 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/7387004.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><author><![CDATA[GARP Investment Deep Dives, Made with Passion ❤️]]></author><copyright><![CDATA[Manuel Walz]]></copyright><language><![CDATA[en]]></language><webMaster><![CDATA[manuelwalz@substack.com]]></webMaster><itunes:new-feed-url>https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/7387004.rss</itunes:new-feed-url><itunes:author>GARP Investment Deep Dives, Made with Passion ❤️</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>German🇩🇪 with 20+ years of professional computer science background. All about Semi Conductor, Enterprise SaaS, AI Chips, FinTech &amp; GARP Investments.</itunes:subtitle><itunes:type>episodic</itunes:type><itunes:owner><itunes:name>GARP Investment Deep Dives, Made with Passion ❤️</itunes:name><itunes:email>manuelwalz@substack.com</itunes:email></itunes:owner><itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit><itunes:category text="Technology"/><itunes:category text="Business"><itunes:category text="Investing"/></itunes:category><itunes:image href="https://substackcdn.com/feed/podcast/7387004/ad6e9050d0f87af3614b556ce751ebc8.jpg"/><item><title><![CDATA[How Synopsys & Dassault Systèmes transform to the Agentic AI world | Podcast Deep Dive]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><strong>What You Can Expect from This Podcast 🎧</strong></p><p>🚀 The “SaaSmageddon” Survival Guide: AI & Impossible Materials</p><p>* <strong>🧪 From “Cook-and-Look” to AI Design:</strong> We are moving past traditional trial-and-error discovery. Using <strong>Agentic AI</strong>—AI that reasons and tests hypotheses—scientists like MIT’s Prof Markus Buehler are creating “Impossible Materials” that are lighter than air but stronger than steel. 🏗️</p><p>* <strong>⚔️ The Clash of Titans </strong>$SNPS <strong>vs $DSY.PA :</strong> The industrial software world has split. <strong>Synopsys ($SNPS)</strong> is dominating “Silicon to Systems” (microchips + physics), while <strong>Dassault Systèmes ($DSY.PA)</strong> is building the “Generative Economy” (life sciences + smart cities) 🌐</p><p>* <strong>🤖 The Rise of the “Scientific Agent”:</strong> Forget simple Chatbots. <strong>Agentic AI</strong> doesn’t just guess; it formulated a plan, runs a simulation, analyzes results, and refines its theory autonomously. It’s “Teacherless Learning” governed by the laws of physics 🧬</p><p>* <strong>📉 SaaSmageddon & the Death of the “Seat”:</strong> Traditional “per-user” pricing is dying. AI agents don’t sit in chairs! Both companies are pivoting to <strong>Consumption-Based Models</strong> (tokens and credits), charging for the compute power these AI swarms actually use. 💸</p><p>* <strong>🚢 A Warning from the “Frigate Scandal”:</strong> Technology can’t fix organizational chaos. The failure of Germany’s F126 frigates proves that “Garbage In = Garbage Out.” Even the best AI needs a <strong>Single Source of Truth</strong> and data discipline to succeed. ⚓</p><p>* <strong>📈 The Investment Verdict:</strong> Synopsys has the tactical edge with AI chip demand, but Dassault is the long-term play for the “Bio-IT” revolution. Both are currently “on sale” due to market fear—making this a rare entry point for long-term believers. 💎</p><p><strong>Disclaimer:</strong> This podcast was produced with AI voices based on original research by Manuel Walz. It does not constitute financial advice.</p> <br/><br/>Get full access to Manuel Walz at <a href="https://manuelwalz.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&#38;utm_campaign=CTA_4">manuelwalz.substack.com/subscribe</a>]]></description><link>https://manuelwalz.substack.com/p/how-synopsys-and-dassault-systemes</link><guid isPermaLink="false">substack:post:186501976</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Manuel Walz]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2026 16:59:41 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/186501976/2790c3fd879b271b2d4449db9a04e285.mp3" length="21501630" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Manuel Walz</itunes:author><itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit><itunes:duration>1792</itunes:duration><itunes:image href="https://substackcdn.com/feed/podcast/7387004/post/186501976/06af99ed20de4e14f3710301fa07c3e9.jpg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[NVIDIA's Moat—Ecosystem, Investment, Dominance 🎮₿🤖]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><strong>Over the last few years, I’ve shared a tons of valuable content on </strong><a target="_blank" href="https://x.com/search?q=from%3Aman26uel%20%24nvda&#38;src=typed_query&#38;f=live"><strong>X, e.g. here for NVIDIA</strong></a><strong>. However, the platform is fast-paced, and insights often disappear too quickly. To give these ideas a second life and reach a wider audience, I’m experimenting with AI-generated podcasts based on my original posts on X and my own investment research material. It sounds straightforward, but ensuring the content is plausible, cogent, and easy to follow is a true challenge; despite AI, it’s much more time-consuming than I first anticipated. I'd love to hear your thoughts on how to improve this format in the comments!</strong></p><p><strong>Original Research: </strong><a target="_blank" href="https://manuelwalz.substack.com/"><strong>https://manuelwalz.substack.com/</strong></a></p><p><strong>For even more Content: </strong><a target="_blank" href="https://x.com/man26uel"><strong>https://x.com/man26uel</strong></a></p><p>What You Can Expect from This Podcast 🎧</p><p>In this episode, we break down the structural shifts that have made NVIDIA the most dominant force in technology today. Listeners will learn:</p><p>* 🧠 <strong>The Mechanics of the Moat</strong>: Why CUDA’s thousands of optimized math kernels and libraries (like CuDNN) mean competitors are fighting a decade of micro-optimizations, not just hardware.</p><p>* 💰 <strong>Investment as Strategy</strong>: How NVIDIA’s venture arm, <strong>NVentures</strong>, fuels a self-sustaining flywheel by financing customers like OpenAI and Databricks to buy their own chips.</p><p>* 🚀 <strong>The Groq Asset Deal</strong>: A breakdown of the “IP heist” that brought the TPU’s father into the fold and effectively ended the biggest threat to NVIDIA’s inference dominance.</p><p>* 🌐 <strong>Networking & Sovereign AI</strong>: Understanding why latency is the ultimate enemy and how NVIDIA’s control over networking protocols (InfiniBand) creates a “Windows-level” path dependency for nations.</p><p>* 🚨 The Emerging Counterpart: Google is the only real challenger left. Their vertical integration, from TPU, to Google Cloud and Gemini is an emerging thread.</p><p>* 🔄 <strong>The Triple Pivot History</strong>: A look back at how NVIDIA survived the gaming and crypto eras to become the “Foundry of Intelligence”.</p><p><strong>Disclaimer:</strong> This podcast was produced with AI voices based on original research by Manuel Walz. It does not constitute financial advice.</p> <br/><br/>Get full access to Manuel Walz at <a href="https://manuelwalz.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&#38;utm_campaign=CTA_4">manuelwalz.substack.com/subscribe</a>]]></description><link>https://manuelwalz.substack.com/p/nvidias-moatecosystem-investment</link><guid isPermaLink="false">substack:post:185752631</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Manuel Walz]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 25 Jan 2026 21:35:11 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/185752631/903137ab3e1c604d1658a0828c50e34d.mp3" length="21133930" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Manuel Walz</itunes:author><itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit><itunes:duration>1761</itunes:duration><itunes:image href="https://substackcdn.com/feed/podcast/7387004/post/185752631/4f01223502289c8abb3792c361f5c062.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nexans: The Electrification Pure Play in the Era of AI | Podcast Deep Dive]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p>This Podcast Episode is based on the Deep Dive Nexans Analysis from Manuel Walz GARP Investing, accessable on <a target="_blank" href="https://manuelwalz.substack.com/">https://manuelwalz.substack.com/</a></p><p>Voices are AI generated and for Entertainment Purposes Only.</p> <br/><br/>Get full access to Manuel Walz at <a href="https://manuelwalz.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&#38;utm_campaign=CTA_4">manuelwalz.substack.com/subscribe</a>]]></description><link>https://manuelwalz.substack.com/p/nexans-the-electrification-pure-play</link><guid isPermaLink="false">substack:post:185579161</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Manuel Walz]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2026 21:36:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/185579161/beffbd7cc358aed58f645280004fb0af.mp3" length="27116807" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Manuel Walz</itunes:author><itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit><itunes:duration>2260</itunes:duration><itunes:image href="https://substackcdn.com/feed/podcast/7387004/post/185579161/3952d43f6696e22cf1c71d515652d00c.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item></channel></rss>