Laurent Maisonnave

Laurent Maisonnave

Laurent, Co-Founder and Co-CEO at CarbonForge, leads GTM and design partners. Writing on what inference buyers measure on a P&L, capacity, cost per token.

Food for thought: how the 20W brain compares to a GPU. Measured in poutine.

The human brain is amazing for many reasons, and one of the biggest is its efficiency. It runs on 20 watts.

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5 min read
Oct 2, 2026

First Fable, then NVIDIA and HuggingFace. Is it time for Owned Intelligence?

It seems that we are at an inflection point, perhaps even a tipping point. Companies are re-evaluating their AI strategy and asking an important question: is it …

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3 min read
Sep 11, 2026

GPU waste, tokens per dollar, and the impact on inference businesses

The cost of AI is in the spotlight, and every part of the AI industry has at least some focus on improving efficiency to reduce that cost.Model builders, improv …

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3 min read
Sep 2, 2026