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For me, the key is the person, not the resume. The first things I look at are motivation and energy. If someone is indifferent, it’s an immediate “no,” even if they have the right skills. I need to understand what drives them, why they want to be on the team, and what work means to them. Soft Skills Come First I prioritize understanding how a candidate thinks, communicates, and reacts to change. I look for initiative, a systematic approach, and the ability to take ownership. If a person just waits to be assigned tasks, they are not the right fit for my team. ...

As someone who frequently leverages Google models, particularly Gemini 2.5 Pro (I’ve been using the preview version for months now), I find it an exceptionally powerful tool—especially for structuring complex information. Google’s new “Gemini Drops” initiative is a welcome way to stay updated on the platform’s evolution. This month’s update highlights several practical advancements: Dynamic Visuals with Veo 3: Transforming photos into eight-second video clips with sound directly within the Gemini app offers new creative avenues. Gemini on Your Wrist: The expansion to all Wear OS 4+ watches brings direct AI assistance and convenience, eliminating the constant need for your phone. Automated Productivity with Scheduled Actions: Features like daily summaries of calendars and unread emails demonstrate Gemini’s growing utility in personal and professional automation, a crucial aspect for efficiency. Enhanced Gemini 2.5 Pro: Our most intelligent model continues to improve significantly across coding, scientific applications, reasoning, and multimodal benchmarks. This aligns with my own experience, as its capabilities for organizing and processing diverse data are continually refined. Gemini Live Captions: The introduction of captions for Gemini Live is a valuable accessibility feature, allowing for easier conversation tracking. These ongoing enhancements underscore Google’s commitment to making AI more accessible and functional. For more in-depth details on this month’s drop, I recommend checking out the new Gemini Drops Hub website. ...

Today, we are officially launching AVELIN—the Artificial Intelligence my team and I have been building for the last three years. Our journey began with humble pilots, experimenting with the first GPT models and running foundational tests. We quickly evolved from simple, single-model chatbots to developing our own proprietary training system, complete with knowledge ingestion, document storage, and our first implementations of Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG). ...

I wanted to share what the final stretch before launching an AI product feels like. With just 10 days until AVELIN goes public, the pressure is immense, and the reality is a mix of controlled chaos and sharp focus. Our team is feeling the strain. As tasks pile up and deadlines loom, fatigue is a real factor. We’re constantly fighting the dilemma of adding ‘just one more thing’ versus locking in the release date and moving forward. ...

Artificial intelligence is accelerating biomedical discovery at a pace that seemed like science fiction just a few years ago. Where creating a new antibody, sequencing a protein, or detecting a tumor once took years, millions of dollars, and dozens of specialists, it now requires mere hours or weeks, driven by automation and radically different budgets. Consider these breakthroughs from June alone: ...

OpenAI has announced Stargate UAE, its first international hub for next-generation AI infrastructure. But to call it just a data center is to miss the point entirely. This is a move with significant geopolitical and strategic implications. Stargate is OpenAI’s global initiative to build a distributed infrastructure for artificial intelligence. The project aims to create a network of advanced computational hubs with unprecedented scale and influence. The first node is launching in the United Arab Emirates, and it’s much more than just hardware. ...

On June 21, Huawei released the beta for HarmonyOS NEXT. The key distinction of this new operating system isn’t a feature—it’s the architecture itself. AI agents are built directly into the OS, not as a plugin or an application, but as a fundamental component of the environment. This isn’t a minor update. It’s a strategic move built on a completely new stack: ...

Major AI players like OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and xAI are confronting a harsh reality: the pursuit of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) is consuming immense budgets, but AGI itself remains a concept, not a reality. The Financial Disconnect The spending on AI infrastructure is staggering. In 2024 alone, hyperscalers invested nearly $197 billion: Microsoft: $80B+ Alphabet: $75B Meta: $72B Yet, the financial results from AI labs don’t match the investment. OpenAI is reporting $9 billion in expenses, leading to a $5 billion loss in 2024. Elon Musk’s xAI is burning $1 billion per month on servers and chips. Anthropic and DeepMind show a similar dynamic. ...

AI still has to prove it’s more than just a buzzword. The reality is that a technology’s value isn’t validated by theory but by real-world applications—and by the dollars it adds to EBITDA. Investors understand this perfectly. They are shifting focus from funding abstract AGI concepts to backing specific, applied AI startups that optimize processes, reduce costs, and eliminate routine manual work. ...

I want to talk about a biotechnology that, despite existing for years, remains largely under the radar. Yet, it holds the potential to fundamentally change what’s on our plates. This technology is cellular meat—a product created not on a farm but in a lab. Without killing animals. Without antibiotics. In 2023, the FDA approved it for sale for the first time. That moment marked the beginning of a new chapter in our food history. ...