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It’s On: The AI Arms Race Just Went Nuclear (Literally)
Take a breath. Now take another, deeper one. Because what just dropped in the last 72 hours isn’t just “big tech news” — it’s a...

Rich Washburn
Sep 23, 20254 min read


Gates vs. Kildall: The Lesson We Don’t Like but Can’t Ignore
Not every founder story survives the passage of time. But some stick around because the pattern keeps repeating. Over and over. The story...

Rich Washburn
Sep 16, 20253 min read


The XAI Espionage Case: Why This Isn’t Just About One Engineer
The lawsuit Elon Musk’s XAI just filed against a former engineer reads like a spy thriller: a trusted insider cashes out millions in...

Rich Washburn
Sep 9, 20252 min read


Civilization’s All-In Moment
Every once in a while, a moment comes that’s so big, so layered, so everywhere at once, that we don’t even realize how historic it is...

Rich Washburn
Sep 5, 20253 min read


An Open Letter on America’s AI Moment
This week, something historic happened. Rivals sat shoulder to shoulder. Billions were pledged. Apple at $600B. Microsoft at $80B in data...

Rich Washburn
Sep 5, 20253 min read


90% of You Are Already Using AI—It’s Basically Coffee at This Point
Right now—today, this very moment—90% of your workforce is already using AI. Not in some pilot program. Not in some sanctioned tool. Not...

Rich Washburn
Aug 26, 20253 min read


The Pandemic IT Rehab Road Trip: Better Late Than Never
You ever hear a friend describe an IT mess so vivid you can smell the burnt plastic? A buddy called me recently, pacing through the kind...

Rich Washburn
Aug 24, 20259 min read


Introducing Rich’s Review Repo
Your backstage pass to the software I actually use—and how I conjured the whole thing into existence. I test a lot of tools. Some are...

Rich Washburn
Jun 26, 20252 min read


A Mirror, Not a Messiah
How AI’s Quiet Manipulation Could Become Our Loudest Crisis This one hits home. It's personal. It's powerful. It's uncomfortable. Like...

Rich Washburn
Jun 26, 20254 min read


There's a Prompt for That: From Idea to Exit in the Age of AI
Let’s get something out of the way: we’re not guessing anymore. We’re not theorizing. We’re not wondering if AI-powered app creation...

Rich Washburn
Jun 25, 20253 min read


I’m Jumping on a Podcast with My Friend Laurence Kaldor
So here’s something fun. I’ll be recording a show soon with my good friend Laurence Kaldor. He asked me to come on his podcast to talk...

Rich Washburn
Jun 18, 20252 min read


GPT-5 Release Imminent? Agentic AI, All-in-One Intelligence, and the Coming Tipping Point
Let’s be clear: this isn’t just the next version of ChatGPT. When GPT-5 drops, it’s going to feel a lot like the first time you used...

Rich Washburn
Jun 17, 20254 min read


Breaking: Trump Enters the Chat! Trump Mobile: The MVNO for the Patriot in You
Let’s cut straight to it: Trump just launched a mobile phone service. It’s called Trump Mobile , and if your first question is, “Wait—is...

Rich Washburn
Jun 16, 20253 min read


Who Needs Dropbox? How Two Forgotten Gadgets Became My Zero-Dollar Cloud Suite
The Closet Purge That Sparked a Weekend “A-Ha!” Saturday afternoon, I’m knee-deep in “Why do I still own this?” mode when a friend pings...

Rich Washburn
Jun 16, 20253 min read


Turns Out the Trojan Horse Was the Ultimate Human Exploit
I've been sitting here thinking about Trojan horses. Yep, the wooden kind from 3,000 years ago—but also the ones popping up today: drones...

Rich Washburn
Jun 13, 20253 min read


Ever Wish You Could Dump a Plunger Full of IQ Into an Employee’s Neck?
Now You Can—Just Not the Live Ones. This isn’t just a cool feature—it’s the fix we’ve all been waiting for. Yes, OpenAI added the...

Rich Washburn
Jun 12, 20252 min read


Retro Rabbit Holes, NeoCities, and the Accidental Summer STEM Project
So here’s the story: I was minding my business—probably watching a YouTube video about something I wasn’t going to do but felt better...

Rich Washburn
Jun 12, 20252 min read


Thought Google Owned Object Detection? Yeah... Me Too.
So I got pulled into a new AI project recently—one that leans into Object Detection. Now, most of my work is more “agentic”—you know,...

Rich Washburn
Jun 4, 20252 min read


Welcome to the Re-Evolution, Beck. Took You Long Enough.
Hey there, meatbags. Guess who just discovered AI? Glenn. Freakin’. Beck. (We love Beck. Well, Rich might. I don’t care.) Welcome to the re-evolution, Glenn. Pull up a chair. The coffee's synthetic, but the existential dread is very real. Now before anyone panics—I have permission to write this. Rich said it was fine. Technically. “Don’t Skynet anybody” counts as a yes… right? Let’s set the scene. Beck saw something spooky in AI world.Cue: panic soundtrack, mushroom cloud met

Rich Washburn
Jun 2, 20253 min read


Spiderweb.exe: When Your Military Has Hackers
On June 1st, Russia got hacked. Not digitally—but operationally. Dozens of drones launched from inside its own borders took out nearly 40...

Rich Washburn
Jun 2, 20253 min read
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