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I’m Rome, based in San Francisco. I write the AI News Digest every week because most AI coverage tells you what happened. I tell you what it means, who wins, and who loses.
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Calls I Got Right
The SaaSpocalypse and Salesforce’s fundamental AI problem before the $285B selloff (December 2025, confirmed February 2026).
Apple picking Google Gemini over Anthropic for Siri (October 2025, confirmed January 2026).
Nvidia’s strategy of investing across every competing AI lab to commoditize its complements (October 2025, confirmed repeatedly through 2026).
OpenAI's Nvidia partnership was a letter of intent, not a contract (November 2025).
Anthropic overtaking OpenAI in enterprise revenue (October 2025, confirmed March 2026).
Nvidia acquiring Groq signaled an ASIC consolidation wave (December 2025, Intel-SambaNova and Meta-Rivos followed).
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Weekly AI analysis with competitive framing, specific numbers, and forward-looking takes on the stories that actually matter.
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Private AI community on Slack with 1,300+ professionals at companies like Microsoft, Amazon, and Meta. Members share job referrals, unlisted roles, salary benchmarks, and AI best practices.
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My background: I led growth at an AI agents company, sold enterprise AI at Salesforce and Microsoft, and helped build a product acquired by Databricks. I’ve spent 3+ years analyzing every major AI company’s moves in this newsletter.
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About Me
I'm building Verum, using generative AI to replace the manual data validation work that companies outsource to firms like Accenture and Deloitte. We start with verified contact and business data for GTM, and expand from there.
Before that I led sales at Datajoy (acquired by Databricks) and spent time at Salesforce and Microsoft. I started building in generative AI after the Databricks acquisition. My first product was killed by ChatGPT, so I started writing The AI News Digest while searching for my next idea.
I also run The AI Pulse, where I track live job data on which roles are asking for AI skills and how much more they pay. If you're wondering how AI is reshaping your role or industry, check it out.
