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I build in AI - and I write down what it's actually like.

Right now I'm shipping an open-weight model. This is where I think out loud about it - what I'm seeing, what I'm deciding, and what I'm getting wrong as I build.

First-hand, no script. Notes from inside the work, not commentary from outside it.

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George Pu. Building an open-weight model in Toronto - no investors, no co-founders.

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Six Months After My Post-AI Manifesto - A Reflection
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Six Months After My Post-AI Manifesto - A Reflection

Six months ago I posted the Post-AI Manifesto - five layers to stay ahead of AI. Here's what happened to each one, and the single line that captures the whole difference.

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Sovereign Compute

Why We Shipped Vinci on the Eve of Canada Day

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I Got Bored of Being a Commentator

Own Your Tech

Why We Started With Character

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The Barrier to Building AI Isn't Talent. It's Capital.

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What It Actually Takes to Get a GPU in Canada

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From the series · 90-Day Action Plan to Surviving AI

Day 90: Graduation

90 days ago, you started with an article and a question.

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