Who controls AI? The gatekeepers behind the model race
The question of who wins the AI race is inseparable from who controls the infrastructure layers beneath it. And the answer may already be decided.
Philippe MEDA
AI is not a product
AI is explained as self-evident. It's not; it's not even a product for now.
AI bottlenecks: 3 structural constraints that will decide what this technology actually becomes
The cone is narrowing. Understanding the three concurrent pressures on AI development matters more right now than tracking model benchmarks.
🟢 China and the US are chasing AI supremacy in very different ways
Two fundamentally different bets on how artificial intelligence creates value, and why the American model may be winning the technology race while losing the market one.
🇪🇺 How to build a European incubator in 2026 - #3 The selection problem
Parts 1 and 2 argued for a network-anchored geographic model and a private consortium funding structure. Part 3 addresses what happens when founders actually walk through the door (which is, in practice, where most serious incubation programs tend to underperform).
🇪🇺 How to build a European incubator in 2026 - #2 Minimal public funding
While pondering how I would build a proper startup incubator in 2026,
🟢 Market volatility has become a feature of innovation strategy
The VIX is reaching mainstream audiences, and it signals that dealing with uncertainty is reaching mainstream awareness for the next five years of innovation strategies.
Tim Cook and Operational Innovation
It's difficult not to address Tim Cook's semi-
OpenAI is the new Enron
I'm certainly a bit of a doomsayer about the way
🇪🇺 How to build a European incubator in 2026 - #1 Forget the city
Most public incubators and startup programs built in Europe over the last
The one and only KPI that directly tells you if your innovation program works
Every innovation lab, corporate incubator, or internal hub faces the same uncomfortable
The safest thing you can do right now is to take more risks
A commonplace executive paralysis gets dressed up as prudence. In uncertain times,