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QuantFi's Capital & Clarity

A newsletter by QuantFi exploring the intersection of investing and FP&A. Each edition breaks down how topics like capital allocation, financial modeling, and strategic forecasting impact business decisions.

When AI Demand Breaks the Grid: Inside AES’s $33.4B Take‐Private

Apr 14, 2026

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7 min read

When AI Demand Breaks the Grid: Inside AES’s $33.4B Take‐Private

When a Fortune 500 utility tells the market it cannot fund AI infrastructure as a public company, CFOs and sponsors in every capital-intensive sector should pay attention.

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QuantFi's Capital & Clarity
The General Catalyst Behind $1.5 Billion of AI Roll-Ups

Apr 7, 2026

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6 min read

The General Catalyst Behind $1.5 Billion of AI Roll-Ups

How one firm is deploying capital across six service verticals to test whether agentic AI can permanently rerate the economics of labor-intensive businesses.

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QuantFi's Capital & Clarity
AI Labs Buy Their Way Into Enterprise

Mar 31, 2026

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5 min read

AI Labs Buy Their Way Into Enterprise

The AI race has shifted from model quality to enterprise integration, making Private Equity a key distribution channel.

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QuantFi's Capital & Clarity
Demystifying Block's Head Chop

Mar 24, 2026

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5 min read

Demystifying Block's Head Chop

What the Mechanics Behind 4,000 Layoffs Actually Teach Operators About AI-Driven Restructuring

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QuantFi's Capital & Clarity
AI Will Expand, Not Shrink, the Office of the CFO

Mar 17, 2026

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4 min read

AI Will Expand, Not Shrink, the Office of the CFO

As the cost of clean financial data collapses, the demand for forward-looking analysis inside portfolio companies explodes

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QuantFi's Capital & Clarity
PE Rollups Are Acquiring Their Own Tech Stack

Mar 10, 2026

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3 min read

PE Rollups Are Acquiring Their Own Tech Stack

As platforms scale, sponsors are aggressively targeting software and digital controls to fix the integration nightmare of their service rollups.

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QuantFi's Capital & Clarity
The Hidden Unit Economics of AI in Finance

Mar 3, 2026

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4 min read

The Hidden Unit Economics of AI in Finance

Everyone is pricing the cost savings but not the cost overruns that sneak in underneath.

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QuantFi's Capital & Clarity
SaaS Gets Repriced (and Replaced?)

Feb 24, 2026

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5 min read

SaaS Gets Repriced (and Replaced?)

Does record shorting of SaaS names indicate whether some legacy players are being structurally replaced by artificial intelligence?

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QuantFi's Capital & Clarity
AI is Already in Finance. Most Teams Aren't Ready or Capable.

Feb 17, 2026

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4 min read

AI is Already in Finance. Most Teams Aren't Ready or Capable.

It’s further along than most finance teams realize, just not inside your company yet.

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QuantFi's Capital & Clarity
Private Equity Bails Itself Out

Feb 10, 2026

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3 min read

Private Equity Bails Itself Out

Apollo’s ARI sale shows how circular capital can buy time without fixing risk

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QuantFi's Capital & Clarity
Private Credit: The Boom Bites Back

Jan 27, 2026

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4 min read

Private Credit: The Boom Bites Back

Why private credit borrowers are cracking and what those leaks reveal about today's credit deal structures

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QuantFi's Capital & Clarity
Can Private Equity Corner the Housing Market?

Jan 21, 2026

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5 min read

Can Private Equity Corner the Housing Market?

A feasibility deep dive into housing math, scale, and single-family rental economics

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QuantFi's Capital & Clarity
How Private Equity Washes Money

Jan 13, 2026

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4 min read

How Private Equity Washes Money

Why car washes became a roll-up darling and how the playbook evolved amid saturation fears and rising rates

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QuantFi's Capital & Clarity
How Private Equity Is Actually Using AI

Dec 23, 2025

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3 min read

How Private Equity Is Actually Using AI

Where firms are cutting time, expanding coverage, and removing friction from core workflows.

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QuantFi's Capital & Clarity
When ERP Integrations Quietly Destroy Value

Dec 16, 2025

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3 min read

When ERP Integrations Quietly Destroy Value

What three mid-market ERP failures reveal about sequencing, integration, and control

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QuantFi's Capital & Clarity
The Art of the “Hold”

Dec 9, 2025

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2 min read

The Art of the “Hold”

Intel, the rise of the “Continuation Vehicle,” and the mental models you need to defend your investments to 'Hold'

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QuantFi's Capital & Clarity
What PE Platforms Can Learn from Elliott’s Pressure on PepsiCo

Dec 2, 2025

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3 min read

What PE Platforms Can Learn from Elliott’s Pressure on PepsiCo

How Elliott Management's Activist Push for Operating Change Offers Lessons for Private Equity Platforms and Portco's

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QuantFi's Capital & Clarity
Private Equity Gone Wrong: How a Roofing Roll-Up Unravels

Nov 25, 2025

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4 min read

Private Equity Gone Wrong: How a Roofing Roll-Up Unravels

Inside Renovo’s collapse and a practical checklist for PE backed roofing and exterior platforms

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QuantFi's Capital & Clarity
The AI Boom’s Reality Check With Past Cycles

Nov 18, 2025

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4 min read

The AI Boom’s Reality Check With Past Cycles

How today’s AI cycle mirrors past bubbles and how investors & operators can navigate

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QuantFi's Capital & Clarity
Cost of Capital's New Normal

Nov 11, 2025

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3 min read

Cost of Capital's New Normal

Despite interest rates easing, cost of capital has a new floor and is forcing operators to rethink middle management, AI, and every project that doesn’t pay back fast enough.

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QuantFi's Capital & Clarity
From Warehouse to Wall Street: How Live Nation Rolled Up Raves

Nov 4, 2025

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4 min read

From Warehouse to Wall Street: How Live Nation Rolled Up Raves

A breakdancer’s dream gig became a firsthand look at one of the most effective roll-up strategies in the EDM festival space

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QuantFi's Capital & Clarity
Private Equity's Second(ary) Act

Oct 28, 2025

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2 min read

Private Equity's Second(ary) Act

The rise of continuation funds and how secondary transactions shift strategy, timelines, and incentives inside the companies they touch

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QuantFi's Capital & Clarity
Private Credit’s Cockroach Moment

Oct 21, 2025

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3 min read

Private Credit’s Cockroach Moment

Isolated losses or early signs of something broader?

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QuantFi's Capital & Clarity
Private Equity Is Buying the Dip in Recruiting

Oct 14, 2025

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4 min read

Private Equity Is Buying the Dip in Recruiting

Advent & Corvex chasing stable cash flow and undervalued human-capital platforms with a $1.3B take-private deal for Heidrick & Struggles.

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QuantFi's Capital & Clarity
SaaS in the Fast-Fashion Era: Why Thoma Bravo Is Buying the Classics

Oct 7, 2025

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3 min read

SaaS in the Fast-Fashion Era: Why Thoma Bravo Is Buying the Classics

How private equity is turning SaaS’s overproduction problem into an opportunity for timeless value

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QuantFi's Capital & Clarity
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