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And the thing is, even if they’re all, for now, flush with cash, these incumbents are all flying blind. <\/strong><\/p>\n That’s the thing, and the purpose of this weekly is to find the signal in the massive noise of this current AI market paradigm.<\/strong> <\/p>\n This is in the spirit of what it means to be a Business Engineer:<\/a><\/strong> <\/a><\/p>\n <\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n We always want to ask three core questions: <\/p>\n What’s the shape of the underlying technology that connects the value prop to its product?<\/em><\/p>\n<\/li>\n What’s the shape of the underlying business that connects the value prop to its distribution?<\/em><\/p>\n<\/li>\n How does the business survive in the short term while it sticks to its long-term vision via transitional business modeling market dynamics? <\/em><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n These are non-linear analyses whose goal is to isolate the short-term buzz and noise, find the signal, and make sure you can reconcile the short with the long term!<\/p>\n I’m researching another longer one on The Stargate Issue And The Geopolitics of AI.<\/em><\/p>\n Remember to subscribe to premium to get that, as it’ll be an in-depth analysis of the new geopolitical and business context for the next 30-50 years.<\/a><\/strong> <\/a><\/p>\n A sneak peek below of a deeper analysis that will take into account the intersection of geopolitics, economics, and AI, then straight into the weekly!<\/p>\n<\/p>\n\n