No, seriously. This is real. And it might be the most Steve Jobs thing Steve Jobs ever did. Why I’m Even Writing This This article exists because of a tea break. Me, Hari, Sanchit, Hitesh, and Gaurav were at our favorite Chaayos outlet having our tea and doing absolutely nothing productive — as one does — when someone Gaurav said something like: “You know what’s funny? We actually solve more things here than in any meeting.” And we all just… nodded. Because it was true. Painfully, obviously true. We talked about it for a good 20 minutes. Project problems……
The kids are going to be just fine — with AI
Why Gen Z and Gen Alpha aren’t afraid of artificial intelligence. They’re already running it. Why I wrote this The other day, my 12-year-old daughter was on the phone with her cousin. Her cousin asked her a riddle. A good one — the kind that’s supposed to make you think for a while. Before I could even say “just think it through,” she had already opened an AI chatbot and searched the riddle in. Thirty seconds later, she had the answer. She announced it triumphantly. Her cousin was impressed. Part of me was a little annoyed. I wanted her……
Your best people are doing your easiest work. Something is shifting. Quietly. Everywhere. Faster answers. Harder questions.
The greatest opportunity of our careers is here AI is not threatening the professional services model — it is unlocking the most significant expansion of value, margin, and impact this industry has seen in a generation. For partners and directors inside consulting, audit, legal, tax, and advisory firms, the data now overwhelmingly points in one direction: leaders who move decisively on AI will build practices that are more profitable, more differentiated, and more valuable to clients than anything the traditional model could sustain. The firms already acting on this have committed over $10 billion collectively to AI initiatives since……
The Architects of Intelligence: Tracing and Accelerating Women’s Contributions to Artificial Intelligence
The global economy currently stands on the precipice of the Intelligent Age, an era defined by the rapid, ubiquitous proliferation and integration of artificial intelligence (AI) across all sectors of human society. The macroeconomic implications of this technological shift are staggering; artificial intelligence is projected to contribute an estimated $15.7 trillion to the global economy by the year 2030.1 This transformation is fundamentally altering human-computer interaction, economic productivity, international digital policy, and global infrastructure. However, as the global community commemorates International Women’s Day on March 8, 2026, under the resolute theme “For ALL Women and Girls: Rights. Equality. Empowerment,”……
The Private Credit Boom: What Does It Actually Mean for Our Equity?
I’ve been watching the explosive growth of the $1.5+ trillion private credit market with a mix of fascination and caution. The narrative is usually focused on the lenders—how these non-bank funds are stepping in where traditional banks stepped out. But I wanted to take a step back and look at this from a different angle: ours. As equity investors—whether we are private equity sponsors, limited partners (LPs), or company founders—what does it actually mean when our portfolio companies borrow from private credit funds instead of traditional commercial banks? We are the ones holding the equity cushion that sits directly……
How Much AI Investment Does It Actually Take to Win?
Introduction: The Inflection Point in Knowledge Arbitrage The professional services sector, particularly the management consulting industry reliant upon complex data analysis and the generation of highly synthesized client reports, has entered an era of profound structural transformation. Historically, the fundamental economic model of consulting has been rooted in knowledge arbitrage and labor-intensive data processing. Firms monetized the hours required to gather disparate information, run complex analytical models, and draft strategic narratives. However, as of late 2025, the global adoption of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools has reached 16.3 percent of the world’s population, representing a meaningful acceleration for technologies……