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Neel Somani

Founder & Technologist

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Neel Somani is a technologist and founder with a background in quantitative finance and blockchain. Formerly a commodities quant at Citadel, he studied computer science, math, and business at UC Berkeley and now works in AI and research.

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Business Structure

The Lowest-Cost Player Doesn’t Always Win — A Market Lesson From Batteries

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The same economies of scale that make your business model work can flip on you when customers start leaving.

Business News

What the Landmark Meta-YouTube Ruling Means for the Next Era of Founder Responsibility

A jury verdict just cracked open the "platform vs. publisher" mantra, and founders should start treating recommendations as a measurable risk surface.

Building a Business

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Power markets make one thing brutally clear: in competitive markets, the "average customer" doesn't set your price. The last unit that clears does.

Tech

In AI, The Loudest Bottleneck Isn’t Always The Real One

AI founders are racing to secure GPUs — but the real constraint may be electricity.

Tech

Financial Statements Assume Human Customers. What Happens When AI Agents Drive Your Revenue?

The gap between what companies report and what investors need to know is widening.

Tech

Why Testing AI for Safety Is Necessary — But Still Not Enough

After years of watching smart teams mistake sampling for safety, I no longer ask how many AI tests we ran, only which failures we have made impossible by design.

Business Ideas

We’re Measuring AI Agents Like Humans — and It’s Breaking Our Businesses

A better way to measure value in this new economy is tracking the agent penetration rate.

Human Resources

Your Culture Is Your Capital. Here’s How to Turn Soft Values Into Hard Startup Metrics

Coordination spreads responsibility, yet poorly executed, it compounds risk.

Tech

I’m an AI Architect: You’re Not Being Replaced — You’re Being Revalued

Displacement has started and won't stop. Urgent solutions might come from left field.

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Neel Somani

More From Neel Somani

The Lowest-Cost Player Doesn’t Always Win — A Market Lesson From Batteries

“Better” Isn’t Always Enough. Why Smart Leaders Use This Hidden Curve to Decide Who Wins

Watch Out for the ‘Off-Grid’ Problem Hiding in Your Business Model

What the Landmark Meta-YouTube Ruling Means for the Next Era of Founder Responsibility

The Last Unit Sets the Price — Here’s A Simple Way to Think About Pricing

In AI, The Loudest Bottleneck Isn’t Always The Real One

Financial Statements Assume Human Customers. What Happens When AI Agents Drive Your Revenue?

Why Testing AI for Safety Is Necessary — But Still Not Enough

We’re Measuring AI Agents Like Humans — and It’s Breaking Our Businesses

Your Culture Is Your Capital. Here’s How to Turn Soft Values Into Hard Startup Metrics

I’m an AI Architect: You’re Not Being Replaced — You’re Being Revalued

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