Inside Garry’s List: Discussing California’s Future with Governor Newsom
One of the most interesting aspects of living in Silicon Valley is realizing that innovation is not only built inside startups, research labs, or venture capital firms. It is also...
NVIDIA: The Company Powering the AI Revolution
A few years ago, most people knew NVIDIA for one thing: graphics cards. For gamers, NVIDIA represented performance, cutting-edge GPUs, and the ability to run increasingly demanding video games. The...
America at 250: Reflecting on Independence, Innovation, and the Future
In 2026, the United States will celebrate its 250th anniversary. For Americans, Independence Day has always represented far more than fireworks and celebrations. It marks the founding of a nation...
Andreessen Horowitz: The Name You Hear Everywhere in Silicon Valley
Before moving to Silicon Valley, I knew Andreessen Horowitz—better known as a16z—the same way many people outside the Valley do. I knew the name. I knew it was a prestigious...
Fei-Fei Li: The Godmother of AI
When people talk about artificial intelligence today, conversations often focus on ChatGPT, AI agents, robotics, or the latest breakthroughs coming out of Silicon Valley. Yet many of these advances rest...
The people who build civilization rarely become famous
When people think about progress, they usually think about famous names. Steve Jobs. Elon Musk. Thomas Edison. The Wright Brothers. Marie Curie. These individuals deserve recognition for their extraordinary contributions....
Why infrastructure is becoming the most important technology sector of the AI era
For most of the last twenty years, software dominated the technology industry. The biggest success stories of the internet era were largely software companies. Search engines, social networks, mobile applications,...
We are living through the second age of engineering
For much of the twentieth century, engineers were the heroes of progress. They built bridges, power plants, railroads, aircraft, telecommunications networks and industrial systems. They electrified cities, connected continents and...
Visiting Apple Park: Where Vision Becomes Reality
Few companies have shaped the modern world as profoundly as Apple. Long before I moved to Silicon Valley, Apple represented much more than technology to me. Like many people of...