ASML Monopoly Meets Agentic AI And RL

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Summary

  • ASML is the critical bottleneck in the AI supply chain, uniquely enabling next-gen chip production with its advanced EUV lithography systems.
  • Its technological moat is reinforced by unmatched vertical integration, exclusive partnerships, and a high-margin, recurring installed base business.
  • High-NA EUV tools drive pricing power, margin expansion, and customer lock-in, supporting robust long-term revenue and free cash flow growth.
  • Despite geopolitical and execution risks, ASML's monopoly economics and AI-driven demand make the stock a compelling long-term buy with significant upside.
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Thesis

Artificial intelligence is exiting the “model” era and entering an agentic epoch in which autonomous software entities reason, learn through reinforcement, and act in real-time across billions of daily user interactions. Those workloads multiply inference cycles by orders of magnitude compared with the training-centric

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