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Not Prompts, Blueprints

The more I use AI, the more I return to paper. Strategic planning upstream unlocks autonomous execution downstream.

Not Prompts, Blueprints

Would You Buy Generic AI?

DeepSeek V3 matches GPT-5.2 on most benchmarks. It costs 90% less. AI has its generic drug moment.

Would You Buy Generic AI?

Databricks Overtakes Snowflake

Databricks has overtaken Snowflake in revenue. AI turned unstructured data from liability to asset, flipping the data warehouse market.

Databricks Overtakes Snowflake

Is AI Doing Less & Less?

Analysis of 14 production agent workflows reveals the optimal balance between deterministic code & LLM inference. 65% of nodes run as pure code, saving tokens & improving reliability.

Is AI Doing Less & Less?

AdSense for AI

Theory Ventures leads Koah's $20.5M Series A to build the monetization layer for AI applications. Every interface shift finds its answer in advertising.

AdSense for AI

9 Observations from Building with AI Agents

Practical lessons from a year building AI agent systems : prototype with frontier models, fine-tune for stable tasks, use static typing, & run competing agents as critics.

9 Observations from Building with AI Agents

Will I Be Paid in Tokens?

My AI inference costs hit $100k annualized. Then I cut them 88% in a weekend. Technology companies are adding a fourth component to engineering compensation.

Will I Be Paid in Tokens?

The AI Acqui-Hire Wave

While billion-dollar AI deals grab headlines, most AI acquisitions are undisclosed talent deals. The real AI talent war is happening quietly, at scale.

The AI Acqui-Hire Wave

Can You Fly That Thing?

AI skills are programs written in English that give agents capabilities instantly. Like Trinity downloading a pilot program, skills encode institutional knowledge in executable form.

Can You Fly That Thing?

How Markets Price AI Risk

Public SaaS stocks reveal nuanced AI fears - vertical software & workflow companies face the steepest discounts while data & security remain resilient.

How Markets Price AI Risk