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Written by Paul Ford · four-time founder-CEO · working in AI since 2001

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The one thingThe single development that matters most today, in two lines.
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What to doThree practical actions for this week. Plus a Weekly Wrap every Saturday.

See how it reads · from Edition 0088, lightly edited

EDITION 0088MONDAY 2 NOVEMBER 2026 · 06:00 AEST

Founder's note

The cracks are in the foundation, not the building.

Every headline this week screams AI winter. That's the infrastructure layer repricing. It's real and it matters. But Revolve just posted a 50% revenue-per-visit lift from AI personalisation, and Sierra added $150M in annual recurring revenue in a single quarter. These are application-layer results, and they're still accelerating.

The mistake most boards will make this quarter is confusing infrastructure economics with deployment returns. You don't need to build a data centre to benefit from one. — Paul

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