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Essays, columns, and deep analysis on AI from Forward Future contributors. Browse the latest, or filter by topic.
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AI Implementation: From Technical Problem to Language Challenge
Why mastering language, not just technology, is key to successful AI implementation across organizations.
Christopher Watts · AUG 10, 2025
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The $70 Million Bet: How Rillet's AI-Native Accounting Could Upend a Trillion-Dollar Market
Silicon Valley's hottest fintech startup just raised Series B funding in record time—and it's targeting the most boring corner of enterprise software
Nick Wentz · AUG 7, 2025
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Context Engineering & Multi-Agent Strategy
When to Orchestrate—and When to Stay Solo
Shashi Jagtap · AUG 6, 2025
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Aaron Levie on AI Agents, the Collapse of SaaS, and Why Work Is Being Rewritten
Box CEO Aaron Levie explores AI agents, enterprise shifts, and why managing AI, not doing the work, is the future.
Nick Wentz, Matthew Berman · AUG 1, 2025
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Market Pulse: Ramp’s AI‐Driven Finance Platform Surges to $22.5 Billion Valuation
The fintech unicorn's leap to $22.5B valuation in 45 days reveals why investors are betting big on autonomous financial agents
Nick Wentz · JUL 31, 2025
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Teaching in the Age of AI Personalization
Personalized tools risk breaking the social fabric of learning unless we design for dialogue.
Mandy McLean · JUL 30, 2025
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Perplexity CEO on Building Comet Browser, Beating Google, and the Future of AI Agents
The startup's bold move into browsers could reshape how we interact with the web, and challenge Google's dominance.
Matthew Berman, Nick Wentz · JUL 29, 2025
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The Great UBI Divide: What 3,000 Voters Revealed About America's Economic Future
A near-perfect split on Universal Basic Income exposes the philosophical fault lines reshaping how we think about work, technology, and human worth
Nick Wentz · JUL 29, 2025
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Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: How 75 Years of Research Led to Today's AI Breakthroughs
From Turing's test to ChatGPT's breakout year. This is the story of artificial intelligence's slow-burn transformation into the technology reshaping our world.
Nick Wentz · JUL 27, 2025
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Lovable Blazes to $100M ARR in Just 8 Months, Becomes Europe’s Fastest‐Ever SaaS “Centaur”
Swedish AI startup Lovable rockets to $100M ARR in 8 months, redefining SaaS speed and enterprise potential.
Nick Wentz · JUL 23, 2025
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Two Big ChatGPT Upgrades You Probably Missed, and How They’ll Change the Way You Work
With Record Mode and Connectors, ChatGPT just took its biggest step yet toward becoming your AI-powered chief of staff.
Nick Wentz · JUL 20, 2025
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Thinking Machines Lab Raises $2B at $12B Valuation, Signaling Strong Backing for Murati’s Vision
Backed by top VCs and AI giants, Thinking Machines bets big on open-source, multimodal AI from day one.
Nick Wentz · JUL 17, 2025
