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Why AI + Robotics + Blockchain Will Eclipse Everything Else

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Why AI + Robotics + Blockchain Will Eclipse Everything Else

by Martin Goetzinger on Feb 14 2026
While SaaS gasps as digital moats erode I am finding real value In-Real-Life applications such as robots in the physical world doing things like harvesting crops, assembling EVs while being scaled via billion-dollar fabs. NVIDIA's Jensen Huang: "Physical AI will redefine manufacturing."
Incumbent SaaS Companies Are Misreading the AI Moment

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Incumbent SaaS Companies Are Misreading the AI Moment

by Martin Goetzinger on Feb 10 2026
In the rapidly evolving SaaS landscape, incumbent companies risk obsolescence by treating AI as mere feature enhancements rather than a fundamental business model shift. Drawing parallels to the e-commerce disruption of the late 1990s, this article argues that AI-native startups are redefining workflows, threatening established systems of record. With advantages like deep customer relationships and cash flow, incumbents must aggressively defend their moats through low-margin AI strategies, transparent two-engine models, and evolving pricing. CEOs are urged to act decisively in the next 12 months to ensure relevance and durability amid this once-in-a-generation transition.
SaaS Is Being Stripped Down to What Actually Matters

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SaaS Is Being Stripped Down to What Actually Matters

by Martin Goetzinger on Feb 06 2026
The SaaS model is not collapsing, but it is being exposed. As AI agents move from assisting work to executing it, interfaces lose leverage, pricing models fracture, and value migrates to execution, data, and control. What looks like a market panic is actually a reallocation, and it is forcing builders to confront where real durability now lives.
The One-Person Empire

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The One-Person Empire

by Martin Goetzinger on Feb 02 2026
The Future of Founders explores the evolving landscape of entrepreneurship, examining how technology, AI, and changing work models are reshaping how companies are built. We deliver in-depth analysis on the trends defining the next generation of business builders.
The Analog Resistance

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The Analog Resistance

by Martin Goetzinger on Jan 31 2026
What happens when AI doesn't just assist with communication, but controls it entirely? When deepfakes are indistinguishable from reality and every message passes through an AI filter? The answer isn't to fight technology—it's to remember what humans do better than machines. Face-to-face communication. Physical presence. Shared private experiences. In a world where AI mediates everything digital, the humans who maintain analog capabilities won't be resisting progress—they'll be the resilient ones.
The Fifth Industrial Revolution

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The Fifth Industrial Revolution

by Martin Goetzinger on Jan 30 2026
We've spent two decades building incredible infrastructure: sensors everywhere, data pipelines running 24/7, AI models learning constantly. We wired up the world, datafied everything, automated what we could. Yet productivity growth slowed. The Fourth Industrial Revolution gave us the infrastructure. The Fifth is where we finally extract value from it—redefining work, wealth, and what "value" even means.
The Sound of Software Giving Up

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The Sound of Software Giving Up

by Martin Goetzinger on Jan 28 2026
Imagine you're a mid-level engineer at a once-thriving software firm, watching the energy fade as sales shift to renewals, customer onboarding stalls, and stock prices plummet. This isn't chaos, it's a controlled demolition, a deliberate unwind to extract value before the end. Explore the telltale signs and how some companies, like Adobe with its AI agents, pivot to growth instead.
When Knowledge Becomes Ubiquitous, What Is the Role of College?

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When Knowledge Becomes Ubiquitous, What Is the Role of College?

by Martin Goetzinger on Jan 20 2026
Artificial intelligence has made knowledge cheap and instant. When facts, formulas, and processes are no longer scarce, the traditional college curriculum begins to lose its edge. What remains is creativity. 
Deflation, Work, and the Search for Meaning in an AI-Driven Future

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Deflation, Work, and the Search for Meaning in an AI-Driven Future

by Martin Goetzinger on Jan 20 2026
In an era where artificial intelligence promises to reshape economies, an intriguing theory emerges: widespread AI adoption could trigger deflation, making essentials like food, housing, and travel more affordable. This affordability might allow people to work fewer hours, perhaps shifting to a four-day workweek, and encourage earlier retirements, potentially creating more jobs. Yet, this raises questions about business revenues, employee wages, and how individuals find meaning in extra free time.
Expert Insights on Costs, Jobs, and the Road Ahead

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Expert Insights on Costs, Jobs, and the Road Ahead

by Martin Goetzinger on Jan 14 2026
In Navigating the AI Hype, we unpack a thoughtful conversation between investor Michael Burry, Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark, and tech podcaster Dwarkesh Patel on whether AI’s promise is real or overblown.
All Software Goes Free: Why Outcomes Will Redefine Enterprise Value

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All Software Goes Free: Why Outcomes Will Redefine Enterprise Value

by Martin Goetzinger on Jan 06 2026
Imagine a world where enterprise software is free upfront, but vendors only get paid based on the real business results they deliver such as slashing costs or boosting revenue. Is AI commoditizing apps and OSes, pushing the industry toward outcomes-based pricing? Let's explore current models' pitfalls to real-world examples and a 2030 timeline, discover why "free" signals a value migration that's reshaping tech.
Deep Space Data Centers: AI's Ticket to Infinite Compute?

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Deep Space Data Centers: AI's Ticket to Infinite Compute?

by Martin Goetzinger on Dec 11 2025
Deep space data centers are moving from sci-fi to launch manifest. Perpetual sunlight, radiative cooling, and laser-linked orbital clusters promise near-limitless, ultra-low-cost compute for AI, sidestepping Earth’s power and land constraints. First demos are already in orbit in 2025; gigawatt-scale farms look plausible by the early 2030s. Here’s what it means, how realistic it is, and how the data actually gets home.
The Great Document Lie: We Never Actually Went Digital

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The Great Document Lie: We Never Actually Went Digital

by Martin Goetzinger on Nov 24 2025
Our PDFs and Word files aren’t digital, they’re just paper wearing a screen costume.In the age of AI agents and robots, today’s documents are the silent killer of automation: brittle, ambiguous, and impossible to trust at scale. 
Is America's New Sovereign Wealth Fund Secretly the Foundation for a National UBI?

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Is America's New Sovereign Wealth Fund Secretly the Foundation for a National UBI?

by Martin Goetzinger on Nov 20 2025
In 2025, the U.S. government is quietly taking direct equity stakes in Intel, rare-earth giants, and other strategic firms.  Is this the first bricks in America’s long-awaited sovereign wealth fund? Officially it’s about beating China and securing supply chains. But with AI threatening millions of jobs, a question is bubbling up: Is Uncle Sam secretly building the financial engine for a national Universal Basic Income? Dive into the evidence, the pushback, and why this “unconventional” fund might one - day - put real money in every American’s pocket.
The Great Irony: Schools Axed Human Skills Just as the Robots Showed Up

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The Great Irony: Schools Axed Human Skills Just as the Robots Showed Up

by Martin Goetzinger on Nov 09 2025
Over the past twenty years, schools have stripped away the very classes that made us human  (home ec, woodshop, choir, art) right as robots and AI began reshaping the economy. We’ve trained generations to compete with machines instead of nurturing creativity, empathy, and craftsmanship. The irony is brutal: the future may give us more free time than ever, but we’ve forgotten how to use it meaningfully.
The Dawn of Deflationary Abundance and the Shadow of Velvet Tyranny

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The Dawn of Deflationary Abundance and the Shadow of Velvet Tyranny

by Martin Goetzinger on Nov 09 2025
Deflation is coming: homes printed in days, cancer cured by apps, energy for pennies. Poverty? Dead. But if mega-corps own the bots, the code, the printers, you’ll rent your own abundance. Infinite plenty in finite hands is hell with better Wi-Fi. 
Stop Chasing New Travelers. Start Rewarding the Ones Who Already Love You.

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Stop Chasing New Travelers. Start Rewarding the Ones Who Already Love You.

by Martin Goetzinger on Nov 06 2025
Travel CFOs are ditching the acquisition hamster wheel and betting big on loyalty at the exact moments customers almost bail: delays, overbooks, lost bags. This is the failure-point playbook looking to shave 6 points off churn and unlocking $504K in profit per 1,000 loyalists.
Introducing the Bot Customer Experience (BCX) Field

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Introducing the Bot Customer Experience (BCX) Field

by Martin Goetzinger on Oct 24 2025
Discover the future of software design with Bot Customer Experience (BCX), a groundbreaking field redefining how we interact with AI agents. As bots handle over 80% of customer interactions by 2025, review examples of using BCX to boost efficiency, satisfaction, and trust. Explore real-world examples and actionable tips to integrate bot-friendly design into your projects. 
E-E-A-T: Why Authenticity Isn't Just Nice - It's Your Survival Edge

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E-E-A-T: Why Authenticity Isn't Just Nice - It's Your Survival Edge

by Martin Goetzinger on Oct 14 2025
E-E-A-T isn't another acronym to gamify; it's the credibility checkpoint that's torching content mills and crowning human empires. Google's Danny Sullivan didn't mince words: "Helpful content thrives on people-first signals, not polished fluff."  Audit your stack: Does it scream "lived expertise" or whisper "generated generic"? 
The Death (and Rebirth) of the Website: When AI Becomes the Front Door to the Internet

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The Death (and Rebirth) of the Website: When AI Becomes the Front Door to the Internet

by Martin Goetzinger on Oct 11 2025
AI is transforming the internet, replacing traditional websites with conversational interfaces that handle search, recommendations, and transactions. To stay relevant, businesses must optimize websites as AI-readable data vaults with structured data and semantic tags, or risk becoming invisible in an AI-driven digital economy.