September 5, 2025
Humanoid robots are starting to show real promise, powered by breakthroughs in AI, simulation training, and hardware-software integration. This piece explores the state of the technology, from early lessons in autonomous vehicles to today’s advances like Google’s RT-1 and AutoRT systems. It examines the key players, like Tesla, Figure AI, Agility Robotics, 1X, The Bot Company, and model-focused startups like Pi. The analysis also highlights the biggest bottlenecks: data collection, hardware reliability, real-time control, and the challenge of generalization. Ultimately, humanoids are not an “if” but “when”—with constrained use cases already viable and broader adoption expected within the next 5–15 years.
August 27, 2025
After hiring 400+ people during my time at Divvy, I developed a hiring framework that helped build the best team of my career. The key principles: first, question whether you actually need to hire. Second, implement a structured interview process where every candidate does a case study. Third, push hard on references - they're more valuable than hours of interviews. Fourth, create a transparent compensation system with no negotiation. Finally, for executives, promote internally or hire from your network rather than using recruiters. In this post, I break down each part of the process, share stories of what worked and what didn't, and explain why staying disciplined on hiring principles matters most when you're scaling quickly. Happy reading :)
August 11, 2025
Nuclear is generating significant hype, with many confidently touting it as the obvious solution to our energy future. While nuclear has strong fundamentals and favorable policy support, the industry has consistently failed to deliver projects on-time or on-budget. And with a number of new entrants competing right now, the market feel frothy. My analysis of the underlying data suggests three key takeaways: first, we will need substantially more power over the next 30 years (1,000-2,500 TWh), though the exact timing and amount remain uncertain; second, we need a diversified portfolio approach rather than betting everything on nuclear - gas and renewables for near-term needs, nuclear for long-term needs; and third, while nuclear should grow as a percentage of total energy supply given recent regulatory tailwinds, the industry has a lot to overcome given its history of performance.
August 6, 2025
When I founded Divvy, I focused on the problem space, building a high quality solution, and surviving each week. I rarely considered an eventual exit or its economics: a gap that inspired this post. This blog details the math around how an acquisition works and some considerations I didn't realize when early on in my founding journey. Take my reflections with a grain of salt; everyone's journey is different and while the focus should be on the mission and not financial outcomes, it is good to at least understand acquisition math. Happy reading / learning :)
August 1, 2025
The transformative power of AI led me to explore other technologies it could reshape, with one of those being quantum computing. The allure of quantum computing is the hope that one day, it can compress calculations that now take lifetimes into instantly solvable, advancing the fields of drug discovery, climate change, and material sciences. That curiosity drove me deep into papers, videos, podcasts, and conversations about quantum computing. Yet, the farther I went, the more skeptical I became. In this first post I will share an overly simplified look at quantum computing, how it works, its potential, and the key players driving the field. Happy reading / learning :)