I am absolutely thrilled to announce that I will be putting boots on the snowy ground in Switzerland next week for Davos Innovation Week. It is a privilege to join global leaders and forward-thinkers in such an inspiring setting to tackle the biggest technological challenges of our era.
On January 19, 2026, I will be…
I am incredibly fortunate to be heading back to Davos this year for the week of the World Economic Forum. It is the most unique convergence of ideas, industries, and individuals I have seen compared to any conference I have been to, now 600+.
This year, my schedule is shaping up to be a dynamic…
Today’s discussion will explore the rapid evolution of technology, spanning hardware, software, and the pivotal race toward rapidly evolving AI, and what these changes mean for organizations – and everyday users alike.
We may dive into the balance between open source and proprietary innovation, and unveil how Cisco is driving operational simplicity through breakthrough…
The Year the Future Became the Default Setting
If 2024 was the year we all started talking to machines, 2025 was the year they, as agents, started talking back. More importantly, my agents kindly worked for me. Looking back at the last twelve months from my desk today, I feel grateful for another year of…
Blockchain Association Policy Summit 2025, Washington, DC: The title of this session could’ve been lifted straight from a sci‑fi screenplay: “So It Begins: Big Banks’ War on Crypto.” But as moderator Lindsay Fraser, Chief Policy Officer at the Blockchain Association, reminded the audience, this was no fiction. Traditional financial institutions, fortified by regulatory allies and legacy infrastructure, are…
Blockchain Association Policy Summit 2025, Washington, DC: Commissioner Hester Peirce of the SEC was interviewed by moderator Marta Belcher of Filecoin. This conversation was framed around a clear break from “regulation by enforcement” toward a more rules‑first, experimentation‑friendly approach to digital assets. Peirce describes the SEC’s new Crypto Task Force as an explicit attempt to…
Blockchain Association Policy Summit 2025, Washington, DC: When Jake Chervinsky, Chief Legal Officer at Variant, opened the panel “Rulemaking and the Road Ahead,” he set the tone with characteristic candor. “A year ago,” he said, “we were talking about agencies trying to destroy this industry under the guise of regulation. Today, we’re talking about constructive rulemaking.”
The shift in…
What does it take to reimagine the building blocks of the internet and put user ownership at the center of it all? Well… Luckily, we have George here to explain it all, no pressure George! He is one of the architects behind a protocol that’s redefining how crypto and AI can work hand in hand.…
Blockchain Association Policy Summit 2025, Washington, DC: When Miles Jennings, Crypto Head of Policy and General Counsel at a16z crypto, sat down with former SEC Commissioner Paul Atkins for the session “A View from the SEC”, the room was charged with a mix of cautious optimism and anticipation. Over the past year, digital asset regulation in…
There’s something fitting about me releasing an AI-generated holiday album at the close of 2025, a year that has redefined what creativity means in the age of intelligent tools. Zuzu’s Christmas Album isn’t your typical seasonal project. It’s both a festive soundtrack and a live experiment in how far generative technology has come in just a short…
At Johns Hopkins University’s Bloomberg Center, the “Open to Debate” podcast convened an audience of students, journalists, and policy thinkers to dissect one of the defining questions of our era: Should the U.S. government break up Big Tech?
On stage were four heavyweight voices: Bharat Ramamurti and Matt Stoller arguing Yes, that concentrated tech power threatens competition, democracy, and innovation, and Jennifer…
Imagine a world where wireless connectivity isn’t controlled by giant corporations but powered by everyday people, and where your phone connects to a network built by community driven hotspots rather than traditional towers. That’s the bold vision of Helium Mobile. They started as a grassroots experiment to democratize the airwaves and evolve into a…
EmTechMIT, Cambridge, MA: Robert Bench, CEO and Cofounder of Radius Technology Systems, brought a bold and nuanced vision of the future to EmTechMIT, sparking the kind of dialogue that strikes at the core of technological progress: how do we truly enable an internet where value can be transferred as fluidly as information? Bench’s breadth of…
EmTechMIT, Cambridge, MA: In recent years, enterprise R&D in biotechnology has been fundamentally reshaped by the rise of artificial intelligence. At EmTechMIT, Chief Business & Legal Officer Sarah Korman of Isomorphic Labs (ISO), the Alphabet-backed spinout from Google’s DeepMind, offered a behind-the-scenes look at how AI is accelerating the design and development of novel medicines,…
Recently, gold hit multiple all-time highs in its valuation. Gold prices have risen recently due to a combination of factors, including geopolitical tensions, economic uncertainty, and strong demand from central banks and individual investors.
But now…Gold has a new vehicle for people onboard it into their portfolios, Blockchain. Today I am very curious to hear…
