The Minutes of Chamath Palihapitiya on cost https://minutesof.com/chamath-palihapitiya/on/cost/ Everything Chamath Palihapitiya has said on cost: 7 verbatim quotes from August 2026, each with a timestamp and a link to the recording it came from. en Sun, 30 Aug 2026 16:22:38 +0000 Palihapitiya notes 50-80% of software lifetime cost comes post-launch after integrator team leaves https://minutesof.com/q/ff97d47f-8d5d-4717-bc11-8c8a52f8dae1/ https://minutesof.com/q/ff97d47f-8d5d-4717-bc11-8c8a52f8dae1/ “50 to 80% of a software system's lifetime cost arrives after launch. At launch, a system integrator's delivery team rolls off to the next engagement, so the people who made design decisions are gone before the expensive years begin, and the support begins. Ask who takes the” — X Fri, 14 Aug 2026 12:54:26 +0000 cost Palihapitiya clarifies he didn't say intelligence scaling cost would reach zero https://minutesof.com/q/637c8a59-c077-4a39-ae5e-05713b0ac37b/ https://minutesof.com/q/637c8a59-c077-4a39-ae5e-05713b0ac37b/ “@orskyai I didn’t say this cost would go to $0!” — X Mon, 03 Aug 2026 06:20:41 +0000 cost Palihapitiya says opposite of Roose, model capability gains fully priced in and cost going to zero https://minutesof.com/q/5cd6a725-f9b1-4136-816d-815da16d95f2/ https://minutesof.com/q/5cd6a725-f9b1-4136-816d-815da16d95f2/ “@kevinroose Opposite. It’s all priced in. The cost is going to zero. All powers will be unlocked.” — X Sun, 02 Aug 2026 09:41:50 +0000 cost