Field notes from four reinventions — a $200M exit, two unicorns, and building AI-native. Published as I learn.
87.7% of entrepreneurs struggle with at least one mental health issue. 73% of tech founders report shadow burnout. 42% of business owners burned out in the past month. The average…
What you will find in this post $242 billion into AI last quarter. Most of it will be wasted. The AI Opportunity Landscape: A 2×2 Map The AI Value Chain:…
Last updated: April 14, 2026 | Estimated reading time: 28 minutes Table of contents A $20,000 bet that turned into $1.8 billion The old model is dead. Most founders have…
Someone threw a Molotov cocktail at Sam Altman's house. Two days later, someone shot at it. 80% of Americans are concerned about AI. The trust gap is the real story.
TSMC posted $35.7B in Q1 2026 revenue with 64% gross margins while OpenAI loses $14B. The AI gold rush has a winner, and it is not who you think.
Claude Mythos found thousands of zero-day vulnerabilities in every major OS and browser. Then Bessent and Powell summoned Wall Street CEOs. What Project Glasswing means for builders.
Anthropic hit a $30 billion revenue run rate, passing OpenAI at $24 billion. The same week, an appeals court upheld the Pentagon blacklisting it for refusing to remove AI safety guardrails.
AI scribes saved doctors hours and cut burnout. They also raised medical bills. The coding arms race is the first real AI productivity paradox in healthcare.
OpenAI published a 13-page policy paper proposing robot taxes, a public wealth fund, and a four-day workweek. The company loses $14 billion a year and is about to IPO at $1 trillion. Here's what founders need to understand.
Tufts researchers built a neuro-symbolic AI system that uses 1% of the energy and triples accuracy. Why is Big Tech still pouring billions into power plants?
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