Your Favorite Musician is Using Suno

They made hating it a purity test two years ago. Guess what happened.

Oct 3 • Tom Chavez

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September 2026

The Four C’s of Being a CEO

It’s a weird, weird job. And there’s no partial credit.

Sep 27 • Tom Chavez

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Pretending you did it alone is expensive

In actual dollars. The founders who keep the record of who helped them end up richer.

Sep 19 • Tom Chavez

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August 2026

We’re Totally Zucked

A federal court just ordered Meta – and TikTok and YouTube – to get better at the thing that should scare us the most.

Aug 30 • Tom Chavez

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The Call Is Coming From Inside the House

Insiders at the frontier labs saw something that scared them, and they’re calling 911

Aug 22 • Tom Chavez

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AI Sucks

There's chalk on a retaining wall in my neighborhood. Our industry has no answer for it.

Aug 16 • Tom Chavez

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Judgement is the whole job now

And we're not rewarding it well.

Aug 7 • Tom Chavez

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July 2026

Vinod Khosla is right about your taxes

The second-biggest tax break in America buys nothing

Jul 23 • Tom Chavez

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The Asshole Bet

Silicon Valley rewards taking what isn't yours. So let's price the bet honestly.

Jul 10 • Tom Chavez

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June 2026

Your Customers Hate AI

And the loudest people in VC-Land have no idea. A field report from planet Earth.

Jun 25 • Tom Chavez

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Wordsmiths, Rise Up

AI was supposed to make writers obsolete. They turn out to be some of its most fluent operators. Update your funnel before the smart money beats you to…

Jun 11 • Tom Chavez

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Two Prompts and a Polite Refusal

A Saturday-night demonstration of what AI safety actually does when somebody who wants something asks for it twice

Jun 4 • Tom Chavez

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