When I talk to small retailers about AI, the question I hear most is: “Is this actually going to change how people shop, or is it just hype?”
Two recent moves from Walmart and Gap give us a very real, very practical answer: it’s changing—but not in the way most people expected.
Let’s start with Walmart. According to a recent articl…
Month: March 2026
Beyond the Coding Hangover: How Biotech’s Grand AI Experiment is Rewriting the Drug Discovery Playbook
The intersection of generative AI and biotechnology is moving past the "hype" phase and into a high-stakes period of experimental deployment. While the broader tech industry grapples with the technical debt and integration hurdles of the LLM era, specialized biotech firms are proving that AI’s most profound impact may not be in writing code, but…
City of Seattle’s AI Plan: A Blueprint for AI Experiments
In my experience, there are many small business owners that think they need a Silicon Valley budget to see real-world gains from artificial intelligence. Usually, they look at me with a healthy dose of Northwest skepticism when I tell them otherwise. But lately, I’ve been pointing them toward an unlikely laboratory of innovation: Seattle City Ha…