ASML: The Monopoly Controlling the $100 Trillion AI Infrastructure
While the world focuses on AI software giants like OpenAI and chip designers like NVIDIA, the entire global tech economy relies on a single, indispensable gatekeeper: ASML. Based in the Netherlands, this company holds an absolute monopoly on Extreme Ultraviolet (EUV) lithography machines—the only tools capable of printing the microscopic transistors that power advanced AI … Read more