Insight for parents and future founders.
Notes on entrepreneurship, AI and how young people actually learn to build, drawn from what we see inside the academy.
A $4.65 Billion Lab Just Gave Away a Coding Model. Read the Fine Print.
When the tool is free, the advantage moves to the person directing it. Recursive's own instructions say exactly how.
Denver Is Paying $230,000 a Classroom for One Thing: Ratio
A cash-strapped district just spent $44 million to shrink a ratio, not to add a programme.
One of the World's Biggest Seed Funds Just Raised the Bar for a Good Idea
A bigger seed cheque doesn't mean investors got more generous. It means the bar for what counts as a fundable idea just moved.
The EU Wants to Ban Social Media for Under-13s. That's Not the Whole Fix.
A ban decides what a platform can't show a child. It says nothing about what they should be doing instead.
NYC and LA Banned AI in Schools. That's Not the Fix.
A ban buys a year. It doesn't teach a child what to do with AI once the year is over.
The Problem With AI and Kids Isn't the AI. It's What They Do With It.
The podcast that fooled an AI expert wasn't the real story. What his kids were doing with it was.
AI Cheating Isn't a Technology Problem. It's an Assessment Problem.
You don't need monitoring software for work that was never fakeable to begin with.
Screen Time Isn't the Problem. Passive Screen Time Is.
The question isn't how many hours. It's what those hours are actually building.
Why Your Child's Mentor Should Be a Founder, Not a Tutor
You can't teach judgement you've never had to exercise yourself.
Why Entrepreneurial Thinking Beats Coding Skills in the AI Era
The half-life of a technical skill keeps shrinking. Entrepreneurial thinking is the one skill that only compounds.
Build a Real Product, Not Another Toy App
Toy apps get deleted. Real products get used, and that's exactly the point.