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AI & the democratization of information

Most enterprises do not have a data problem.

Jun 23 • Karim Fanous

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Software’s AI leverage: Small teams, strong anchors

For most of my career, especially inside the startups where I have done my best work, I have relied on a deceptively simple model for building great…

Jun 4 • Karim Fanous

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May 2026

Agents write at GPU speed, yet we ship at human speed.

Validation is the last bottleneck between autonomous code and autonomous delivery

May 11 • Karim Fanous

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April 2026

Five years, one acquisition, three lessons

This one’s a bit different.

Apr 11 • Karim Fanous

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February 2026

Preparing for a world where humans don’t write code

A deja vu from August 2025

Feb 9 • Karim Fanous

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Will AI kill SaaS? The case for and against disruption

Not long ago, the enterprise software stack felt settled—like a set of tectonic plates that had stopped moving.

Feb 3 • Karim Fanous

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January 2026

AI Agents are here. Security isn’t ready.

AI is no longer just answering questions.

Jan 20 • Karim Fanous

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December 2025

AI made us faster. That’s not the same as better.

About a year and a half ago, the AI coding landscape was a very different place.

Dec 24, 2025 • Karim Fanous

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November 2025

The age of the human bottleneck is ending. The age of human intent is beginning

Prologue

Nov 27, 2025 • Karim Fanous

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October 2025

The Conversational Platform: The new human-computing platform

AI turns conversation into the new interface and agents into the new apps

Oct 13, 2025 • Karim Fanous

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Software’s Cambrian explosion: How AI might flood the software world

For decades, the music and entertainment industries were shaped by scarcity.

Oct 9, 2025 • Karim Fanous

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September 2025

The vanishing first rung: How AI is hollowing out entry-level jobs

For generations, careers have begun the same way.

Sep 15, 2025 • Karim Fanous

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