The $400 Million Dutch Machine That Runs Modern Civilization

A 5-minute explainer on ASML's EUV lithography machines — the Dutch monopoly the entire AI boom stands on. Tin droplets hit by lasers 50,000 times a second, mirrors polished to single-atom smoothness, 250,000 parts, 13 shipping containers per machine, and why China cannot buy one at any price. The supply-chain map as the finale: one machine, one company, one chokepoint.