U.S.–Gulf Trades for AI Expansion

Compute is the new oil, and the Gulf is learning how to pump it. The emerging U.S.–Gulf AI relationship is not just a story about sovereign wealth diversifying into tech. It is a bargain in which Washington trades access to frontier compute for something it increasingly lacks at home: vast, controllable power, land for hyperscale … Read more

The Missing Skill in AI Adoption: Team Leadership

At 2 a.m. this morning, I realized why my multi-LLM setup feels so familiar. It’s because I’m using team leadership skills with LLMs. That made me think this may be one of the missing skills in AI adoption right now. People keep looking for the perfect prompt, the perfect framework, or the perfect agent stack. … Read more

Latin America’s AI Moment Is About Power, Not Hype

The AI boom has given Latin America a rare opening to move beyond its old role in the global economy. Whether it can seize that chance depends on turning resource wealth and technical ambition into lasting political and industrial power. Latin America’s AI push is not mainly about catching up in technology. It is about … Read more

AI Has a Geography Now

For years, AI was talked about as if it lived nowhere. It was “in the cloud,” which made it sound borderless, weightless, almost detached from the physical world. But that was always only half true. The cloud has buildings. It has land, substations, cooling systems, permits, cables, backup power, and legal jurisdictions. It can be … Read more