The Index measures what is measurable. The Essays do the harder work. Capital flows. Market structure. Geopolitics. Labor and economy. The questions the AI era is forcing into view, taken seriously and written with range.
Issue 004 shows why the AI compute market can publish many numbers and still give buyers too few comparable prices. Fifteen providers published comparable public rates. Twelve did not enter the medians.
The 2026 capital plans of the largest cloud and AI operators total hundreds of billions of dollars. Where the money is going, what the build is betting on, and what happens if demand or monetization lags.
Public AI compute prices can look comparable when they are not. The founding essay explains what Sorso View is building, why comparability matters, and the four commitments that hold the publication to its work.