Disrupt Edition

The Age of AI is just Beginning

It has been a few years since I attended TechCrunch Disrupt. Gené, my wife, as many of you know, was the original backstage organizer of the event, and for many years, as a founding shareholder, I observed it backstage.

This week, I was a regular attendee. Many TechCrunch staff would not know I was there when TechCrunch was started or even recognize me. It was great.

I mention it because this week’s essays and news items focus on disruption. AI is disrupting faster than anything I have seen in my 4.5 decades in tech and venture capital.

One thing becomes crystal clear: The AI revolution isn’t just continuing — it’s accelerating. The pace of developments is proving wrong the skeptics who predicted a slowdown or stalling in AI innovation.

In his analysis of “Meta’s AI Abundance,” Ben Thompson makes a compelling case for Meta’s potential dominance in the AI…