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A biweekly newsletter on AI, building, and owning. For operators who ship.
Not a content digest. Not a link dump. A working document from someone building AI-native companies inside private equity — what I'm reading, what I'm building, what I'm thinking. Every two weeks.
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AI, building, and owning — biweekly, for operators who ship.
What's in each issue
3–4 Curated Items
What caught my attention this week — AI developments, PE moves, tools worth knowing. Short take on why it matters for operators.
From the Writing
Summary of anything I published in the last two weeks. What I wrote, why I wrote it, and what the response taught me.
Building
What I'm working on. A prototype, a process, a framework in progress. The rough version before it becomes a post.
Reading
One thing worth your time. A paper, a thread, a book chapter. Not aggregation — one thing I actually read.
Thinking
One open question I'm sitting with. Not an answer. A problem I haven't solved yet.
Who it's for
PE Operating Partners and portfolio company CEOs who want to understand what AI actually looks like in production — not in pitch decks.
Operators, product leaders, and founders who are building something and want to think alongside someone else who is too.
Anyone who finds the gap between "AI is transforming everything" and "here's how to actually use it on Monday" too wide.
Every two weeks.
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AI, building, and owning — biweekly, for operators who ship.