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Asymmetric
Essays and a newsletter on AI, industry, and capital — with a focus on the Middle East, the GCC, and the UAE.
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7 August 2026 How to Start Building Your Own AI-Powered Second Brain A short beginner's guide to building your own Second Brain, inspired by Andrej Karpathy's work on "LLM Wikis". Read → 24 July 2026 Own the Harness. Rent the Intelligence A short reflection on where agentic AI is going — what gives a company a competitive advantage from AI vs. what should be an outsourcing decision. Read → 6 July 2026 Why I Moved to the UAE to Be at the Forefront of Sovereign AI I moved to the UAE because this is where sovereign AI is being built, not just debated. Here's what sovereign AI means, why the UAE is out front, and why I wanted a seat at the table. Read → 3 July 2026 How I'm Building My Data-Driven HealthOS: Part 1 A short example of how to use AI to optimize your personal health — or just if you want to build something with AI that could have some real personal benefits. Read →
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