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M&A IT management consultant | PwC | tech adept | occasional runner | photography enthusiast | passionate about (classic) cars | views are my own

San Francisco, CA
Joined November 2008
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Most AI wearables track you. @AinaInterface helps you act. I paid for the ring and have been testing it for a couple of weeks. The form factor and feature set are what convinced me. I truly believe this is the best AI-native wearable on the market right now. Pre-orders from $399, shipping early 2027. Shoutout to @lazyapprove and the Aina team for building this. aina.com youtube.com/@ainainterface
What if your devices, apps and agents knew what you wanted? You finish breakfast, and your Uber is booked. Running late, your agent sends a “Running late” text. You reach home, and your lights turn on. AI is proactive now. But it still needs your yes. It waits, for you to unlock your phone, open an app and tap approve. Every time, hundreds of times a day. AI needs its own interface. Aina is a ring with a screen that predicts and shows you the three things you’ll need next. One flick of your thumb, and it’s done. For everything. ✦ Cues: proactive suggestions, ready before you need them ✦ Voice: talk to your agents, take notes, dictate ✦ Remote: control your music, Mac and TV ✦ Calls: right from your hand Pre-orders open now aina.com
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What if your devices, apps and agents knew what you wanted? You finish breakfast, and your Uber is booked. Running late, your agent sends a “Running late” text. You reach home, and your lights turn on. AI is proactive now. But it still needs your yes. It waits, for you to unlock your phone, open an app and tap approve. Every time, hundreds of times a day. AI needs its own interface. Aina is a ring with a screen that predicts and shows you the three things you’ll need next. One flick of your thumb, and it’s done. For everything. ✦ Cues: proactive suggestions, ready before you need them ✦ Voice: talk to your agents, take notes, dictate ✦ Remote: control your music, Mac and TV ✦ Calls: right from your hand Pre-orders open now aina.com
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1/ A $30 AI seat looks cheap until you multiply it by 7,000 people.
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7/ What gets these deals signed: 1. Start with one small use case and own the adoption. 2. Show which existing licenses it takes out, then put numbers on the productivity gains. 3. Earn the next team once the first one gets value.
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8/ If you've bought AI for a few thousand people, how far apart were the first quote and the signed price?
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1/ AI is making most companies faster. Very few are working differently. Deloitte surveyed 3,500 leaders: 81% say AI sped up decisions and execution. Only 25% use it to deeply transform the business.
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3/ When I led AI adoption at Marvell, handing out tools was the easy part. Usage moved from 12% to 80% once we proved value on real work, built a champions network, rewarded experimentation, trained people, and put AI into leadership KPIs.
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Boardy says it has made 277,000+ introductions between people around the world. You tell an AI what you're working on, and it finds who you should meet.
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Why it works: 1. It does what people couldn't easily do before. 2. Both sides opt in. 3. It's judged by a useful conversation, not by usage. Volume is not value. Want an intro to Boardy? DM me.
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61% of companies review AI costs when they approve a project. Only 12% consistently check the value AI generates against that cost. (KPMG Global AI Pulse Q3 2026, 2,131 senior leaders)
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How to close the gap: 1. Write down the expected outcome before you approve the spend. 2. Check it on a set date. 3. Scale what pays back. Stop what doesn't. Do you check value, or only cost?
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