Search engines used to find knowledge. Now they're starting to compute it.
The shift is already beginning: ChatGPT and Perplexity show us glimpses of AI synthesizing the internet's vast content. But that's just the prologue.
The real transformation happens when search stops finding answers and starts computing them.
Think of it as moving from a library to a research lab. Every query will spawn a custom analysis:
Each computation creates knowledge that didn't exist anywhere before.
This isn't just faster search. It's the difference between reading an analyst's report and having a thousand analysts crunch numbers specifically for you. Current engines find and remix the web's knowledge. The next wave will compute new knowledge, tailored to your exact question.
The opportunity isn't in building better retrieval. It's in creating the infrastructure that lets AI agents turn raw data into fresh insights. That's where the next platform emerges.
We're moving from finding answers to computing them. The search bar isn't dying. It's becoming a truth computer.
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