Hannes Marais

Some strengths wear grand names, but the ones that hold us together live unannounced. There is an undercurrent—silent, durable—where everyday moments become the fabric of survival and meaning. A stranger lifts a fallen bag of apples, and the small gravity in that gesture ripples further than anyone can

Reflecting on Brendan Falk’s report, what stands out is how neatly it shreds the myth that “AI-native” means “frictionless transformation”—especially in large organizations. On the surface, it might seem logical that if building the tech is fast, delivery should follow suit. But underneath, human organizations work more like

Everyone talks about AI revolutionizing work. But there’s a quieter question pulsing through the minds of the people building these systems: Will even we make a living when AI gets this good? Let’s drop the hype. If you’re steeped in research, system-building, or AI architecture, you’re

No one spoke in the Vault. Not Calder, not Mary, not even the drone crouched in the rafters like a patient vulture. The silence wasn’t peace—it was a law older than Lornjack, older than the sound of grief. Calder’s hand, so steady when pointing a gun, hesitated

Abstract As professional services face mounting pressure to deliver more with less, a quiet revolution is underway—not in replacing expertise, but in multiplying its reach. This whitepaper argues that the greatest returns on AI lie not in automating headcount, but in reclaiming the most precious resource in law, finance,

Every entrepreneurial journey is, at its heart, a narrative of transformation. Marvel, once teetering on the edge of bankruptcy, found new life through reinvention. Apple, facing irrelevance, reimagined itself to define not just an industry, but an era. These stories are not outliers—they capture a recurring truth of entrepreneurship: