Stop sanding down your brand

We’ve all seen it. Sometimes it’s subtle. Sometimes it’s three competitors using the same word in 48-point type. An entire category starts competing with itself instead of competing for the customer. The claim wars begin. More this. Less that. Faster, cleaner,...

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America can manufacture at cost-parity with China

In a recent NYSE interview, a reporter asked me if my focus on Made-in-America manufacturing makes me afraid of having to compete with the cost of China manufacturing goods. My response surprised her.“Not at all,” I said. “As a matter of fact, it is highly possible...

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Voters think politicians don’t listen. Could AI help?

Voters think politicians don’t listen. Could AI help?

The student who answers the door looks a little hungover, and she may well be. It’s late August at East Stroudsburg University, a midsize public college in northeast Pennsylvania, and students are soaking in the final days of summer. But Kim Allen is undeterred by the...

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An LCR Meter with Compromises

YouTube, like the Internet, has its plusses and minuses. On the plus side, you can find information on just about anything. On the minus side, you don’t always know if that information is of any value. On the plus side, you can connect to experts who have an uncanny...

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Why GPU Cloud Observability Is Harder Than It Looks

Why GPU Cloud Observability Is Harder Than It Looks

The Challenge of Topology-Aware Observability in NeoClouds Imagine a customer training a model on hundreds of GPUs. The job has not crashed. The GPUs are visible, the servers are online, and no major network outage has been reported. Yet training is taking longer than...

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What OpenAI’s Cursor Cutoff Means for Your Team

What OpenAI’s Cursor Cutoff Means for Your Team

Cursor has changed a lot in a short time. On October 12, it moved its cheapest plan to Grok-only models, and on November 12, OpenAI will stop providing its models to Cursor. Teams that chose Cursor for access to the best models now have reason to ask whether that...

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