AI Market · Shockwaves
The AI Shockwave Timeline.
The releases that moved the market, scored by magnitude and traced through the layers they disturbed.
Frontier deltas, 2024 → 2026
15 scored events across 5 archetypes · Current through September 5, 2026.
Context window
0M
from 32K
Gemini 1.5 → DeepSeek-V4
Reasoning · AIME 2024
0.0%
from 13.4%
GPT-4o → o1 → DeepSeek-R1
Inference token cost
0.0×
from 1×
Blackwell → Rubin (reported)
KV cache footprint
0%
from 100%
DeepSeek-V2 → V4 @1M
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Archetype
Layer
Magnitude
All shocks
Archetype (color)
EfficiencyReasoningContext & interfaceOpen-frontierInteroperability & network
Layer (shape)
H · HardwareS · SoftwareN · Networking & protocol
Magnitude (ripple)
HighMedium
Companion systems
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