From Shockley and Fairchild to platforms, cloud, and ChatGPT, this longform shows how digital ideas become companies—and how companies become infrastructure. With the auditable GDE grid (success, failure, acquisition/absorption), it explains why GenAI brings back physical constraints—chips, energy, data centers—and turns governance, auditability, and trust into strategy. Includes a weak-signal checklist for GenAI-native firms and a geoeconomic lens on the U.S., Europe, China,

From Aristotle and Roman law to Confucius, Nāgārjuna, and modern AI Acts, this longform traces how Western “Logos” and Eastern “Dao” became two operating systems for truth, authority, and coordination. Using AI as a light narrative lens—not an oracle—it compares how the US, EU, China, Japan, and Italy are encoding those philosophies into rules, markets, and institutions in 2026. Read the full piece for the dual timeline and five tensions to watch.—and why some decisions shoul

Why do most AI projects fail? LLMs are unreliable "black boxes." This article by Andrea Viliotti analyzes how Hybrid AI (neurosymbolic) is the solution for high-stakes decisions. We dive deep into the LLM-AR case study, where an AI model outperformed top VCs in predicting startup success (59.5% vs 29.5%) by analyzing founder traits. For CEOs: learn how this transparent, auditable approach delivers measurable ROI (F0.25 score) and ensures compliance with the EU AI Act (Art. 12

China's strategic model analyzed for executives. Beyond the 'factory of the world': China competes on AI (AI Plus), EVs (11M sold), and data governance (SCS). An analysis of the coherence between industry, tech (V2G, City Brain), and geopolitics (BRI), and the implications for global firms (EU AI Act). Strategic consultant Andrea Viliotti explains C-suite lessons for navigating competition, price 'involution,' and compliance.