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July 9, 2026 · Frontier Foundry
Sovereign AI’s Missing Pieces
The Palantir–NVIDIA deal proves the sovereign AI thesis. Here’s what it misses.
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July 7, 2026 · Frontier Foundry
Sovereignty Theater
The AI sovereignty wars have begun. Almost everyone is measuring the wrong thing.
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April 15, 2026 · Sultan Meghji
You Don't Need the GPUs They're Selling You
Open-source projects prove memory bandwidth, not compute, is AI's real bottleneck. The GPU spending spree may be the biggest misallocation in tech history.
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March 4, 2026 · Sultan Meghji
AI Giants – Complete Series Directory
The complete directory for Frontier Foundry's "AI Giants" series, where we explore the successes and shortcomings of today's biggest AI companies.
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February 25, 2026 · Sultan Meghji
The Legal AI Security Illusion: How Vendors Sell Contracts Instead of Protection
The fundamental technical risk nobody in the legal AI industry wants to talk about, and what law firms should be asking in 2026.
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February 18, 2026 · Sultan Meghji
Software Will Be Free. So Why Are Banks and Hospitals Still Paying Like It's 1999?
Despite software development costs falling due to AI, the enterprise software market continues to profit from the systems they have created.
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February 11, 2026 · Sultan Meghji
AI, Data, and Client Confidentiality: The Legal Industry’s Privacy Dilemma
The legal sector's demand for AI-powered tools tailored to their industry continues to grow, yet privacy and data security concerns slow adoption.
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February 4, 2026 · Sultan Meghji
AI Giants Pt. 5: Microsoft's $80B Gamble
Microsoft has built the most comprehensive enterprise AI stack in the industry, but inconsistent adoption and mixed consumer reception may hold them back.
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January 21, 2026 · Sultan Meghji
Emerging Technologies for Community Banks
The banking sector's current technological revolution presents community banks with great opportunities to build their competitive advantage and grow.
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January 7, 2026 · Sultan Meghji
AI Giants Pt. 4: Perplexity's $20B Bet Against the Media Industry
Perplexity's emergence in AI search is being threatened by an onslaught of lawsuits from publishers claiming the company illegally accessed their materials.
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December 17, 2025 · Sultan Meghji
On-Chain Reconciliation for Tokenized Securities
The growing adoption rates of smart contracts by key financial institutions promises to streamline and transform traditional reconciliation workflows.
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December 4, 2025 · Sultan Meghji
AI Giants Pt. 3: OpenAI Sees Red
OpenAI issued an internal "code red" as competing models began gaining ground, revealing how perilous their market leading position truly is.
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November 20, 2025 · Sultan Meghji
AI Giants Pt. 2: How Google Fixed Gemini's Blurry Vision
A look into Google's history of AI development, Gemini's early struggles, and the 3.0 upgrade that made them one of the top competitors in the AI market.
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November 12, 2025 · Sultan Meghji
Part 2: AI-Driven Adaptability: Optimizing Trader Behavior for Hedge Fund Success
In today's complex economy, AI-powered analytics paired with human expertise can help provide hedge funds with a new edge to find success.
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November 5, 2025 · Sultan Meghji
AI Giants Pt. 1: Clouds and Consequences – When Claude Went Dark
Cloud AI systems are only as strong as their infrastructure. Explore how Claude's recent reliability crisis led to a rise in local model adoption.
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October 28, 2025 · Sultan Meghji
Part 1: The Competitive Edge: How AI is Transforming Hedge Fund Portfolio Management
Hedge funds sit at a critical juncture where privacy-preserving AI systems are unlocking powerful applications that promise to change the future of investing.
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Originally published November 7, 2024 · Republished April 17, 2026 · Sultan Meghji
Value in the Time of LLMs
You may be experiencing a similar problem that Florentino Ariza had. Florentino was in love with Fermina Daza, but Fermina’s father did not approve. It…
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Originally published October 15, 2024 · Republished April 17, 2026 · Sultan Meghji
Reserve Capacity and the Emerging Competition Over Batteries
I promise this isn’t going to be one of those “data is the new oil” posts, but the oil analogy is useful. According to a recent Financial Times article,…
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Originally published May 17, 2024 · Republished April 20, 2026 · Sultan Meghji
What I Learned at the White House Lunar Interoperability Forum
Last week, I had the opportunity to attend the Lunar Interoperability Forum at the White House. It was attended by over 100 space engineers, advocates,…
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Originally published January 29, 2024 · Republished April 17, 2026 · Sultan Meghji
Balancing Innovation and Oversight in the Technological Era: The AI Governance Conundrum
Oyez, oyez, oyez! The AI Governance Council is now in session! All those concerned with the matters before the Council be seated.
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