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I don’t usually write about crypto in this newsletter — my beat is practical AI for business leaders. But this summer, the two worlds...
Here's What That Actually Means for Your Business.
Starting August 2, 2026, text generated by newer Claude models carries an invisible watermark. Files in certain...
AI
The Compute Gap: What India’s New Supercomputer Tells Us About The AI Infrastructure Race.
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On August 8th, the Prime Minister inaugurated Param Pragya, an AI-powered supercomputing facility at IIT Delhi's Sonipat campus. Gold medals, 3,000 graduates, a shiny...
The AI Compass — practical AI for business leaders.
Ask a CFO in 2026 whether AI is central to their strategy, and the answer is...
Entrepreneurship
The Great Unbundling: Why “Just Use Patreon” Stopped Being Good Advice
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For most of the last decade, if a business executive asked me how a creator or a niche expert should monetise a direct audience,...
What AI Is Actually Compressing in Cross-Functional Work — and What It Isn't.
Most cross-functional "sprints" are not sprints. Product writes a brief. Engineering estimates....
AI
Gong, Chorus, or Something Lighter? A Practical Guide to Conversation Intelligence Tools.
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If you run a sales team — or you're the founder still closing your own deals — you've probably heard the pitch: "Let AI...
For as long as most of us have worked in business, demand forecasting has lived inside one department: supply chain. Ops guessed how much...
Business News
One Day in Office, a Lifetime of Pension: What India’s Political Compensation Model Teaches Every Business Leader About Incentive Design
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There's a fact that stops most people mid-sentence when I mention it at a dinner table: an elected representative in India can serve for...
The Black Hole of the Sales-to-Customer Success Handoff
Your sales team just closed a massive deal. The champagne is flowing, the CRM is updated to...

















