Gradient Institute

Supporting Gradient Institute’s mission to build safety, ethics, accountability and transparency into AI systems: developing new algorithms, training organisations operating AI systems and providing technical guidance for AI policy development.

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Honest AI

In an era where technology evolves unprecedentedly fast, staying educated and appreciating ethical boundaries is more crucial than ever. I desire to bring you "Honest AI" to make sense of the complex world of artificial intelligence, ethics, and the future of work. Understand what’s genuine—honest!— vs. the hype. 

Honest AI is a publication that includes short essays, blog posts, a podcast and a newsletter. 

By subscribing to Human Override (the weekly Honest AI newsletter), you become part of a movement towards responsible innovation and ethical awareness in the digital age.

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ARK Venture Studio

Scope opportunities for addressing AI Risk and contributing to the Complex AI Risk Think Tank. AI is a great technology. The risk management industry has the historic opportunity to play a pivotal role in enabling its safe adoption.

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Genade Inc.

Genade was a nice learning experience :)

We built digital products to help insurance agents, brokers, wholesalers to automate customer acquisition, lead qualification tasks, and the quoting process. Some examples were interactive web apps that run prospects' fact-finding, qualify leads, pre-populate ACORD forms, and organize information in a super simple CRM. Insurance agents and brokers who used our tools saw a significant increase in time savings and could manage twice as many customers.

We were honored to win the support of:
• 2018 - 19 NYU 300K Entrepreneurs Challenge (Semi-finalist)
• 2019 NYU Summer Launchpad
• 2019 NYU Summer Sprint
• Ignite Fellowship Beta

Unfortunately, the COVID-19 pandemic introduced team and sales dynamics that made our quest difficult to drive forward.

Genade's story ended in December 2020. Many challenges in the world of insurance agents' productivity, lead management, and customer acquisition remain unsolved, and we failed to create a sustainable platform for running an insurance agency on autopilot.

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AI can be both technically brilliant and used to build a deeply human future.

I've built AI systems from the ground up, written "The Ethics of AI," and advised hundreds of leaders navigating this transformation. I've learned most teams get lost chasing shiny tech while forgetting the humans who actually use it.

I see everywhere this pattern:

- AI projects that sound impressive but fail in practice
- Teams paralyzed by ethical concerns
- Leaders afraid they're falling behind
- Products that work on paper but frustrate real users

My focus is simple: helping you build or use AI that actually serves people. That works for you, and not against you.

Not AI for AI's sake. Not algorithms that impress other engineers. AI that solves real problems and creates genuine value.

I work with founders and leaders who want to:

☑ Build products users actually love
☑ Navigate ethical challenges with confidence
☑ Create sustainable competitive advantages
☑ Sleep well knowing their AI makes the world better

If you're tired of AI hype and want practical guidance on building technology that matters, let's connect.

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Alberto Chierici

Most people hyping the latest AI tool haven't built anything beyond a 30-minute demo.

Josh did the opposite. Product-focused CTO with 25 years of coding experience:

He went all-in, spending 3 months using AI to write every line of code for a new product (attention! Not a toy project.) as a real test of what happens when you actually commit.

The product shipped. It worked. He felt productive.

Then he needed to make a simple change and couldn't confidently modify his own code.

"Who owns that product, Josh? You or Claude Code?" Bob Galen asked him.

The answer: Claude Code owned it. Josh had become a passenger in his own product development.

This is the intellectual honesty the AI conversation needs. Not another breathless demo. Not another "look what I built in 10 minutes" post. An actual engineer doing the hard work of understanding what happens when delegation replaces comprehension.

His November deep-dive article shares what he learned the hard way, five principles that aren't sexy or revolutionary, but are real, sustainable, and work beyond the honeymoon phase:

1️⃣ Own the architecture
2️⃣ Make the hard decisions
3️⃣ Maintain the context
4️⃣ Understand the why
5️⃣ Take responsibility when it breaks

That's how you actually integrate this technology without eroding the skills that make you valuable.

Josh's story matters because he had the courage to admit what happened when he delegated too much. And more importantly, he documented exactly how to avoid making the same mistake.

Read his full story: https://lnkd.in/e7ZE7VgB

His November article with the complete breakdown: https://lnkd.in/ekC38xD4

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Dr. Alberto Chierici

3x Founder | AI Specialist (for real) | Making AI work for people, not against them.

Sold my first business at 12.
Scaled 5 ventures before 25.
Now I help founders turn ideas into profit.

97% of startups fail. Not ideas execution.
In an era of AI and rapid innovation, speed, clarity, and scalability win.

As Founder & CEO of EaseZen Solutions, I help startups and growing businesses turn ideas into profitable, scalable products fast.

 ✅ Built 237+ products across 10+ industries
 ✅ Scaled 5 ventures to multi-million revenue
 ✅ Engineered systems that turn ideas into measurable results

We don’t just code.
We build businesses that perform  online, offline, and everywhere in between.

If your product isn’t growing, it’s not a product, it’s a prototype.
Every prototype stuck in place is lost potential.

At EaseZen, we help founders and businesses:
 ➡Build scalable, investor-ready products
 ➡ Validate and launch ideas in record time
 ➡ Automate systems that multiply revenue
 ➡ Transform vision into measurable growth

We don’t just build for speed.
We build for scale, clarity, and impact.

Let’s turn your next idea into your next success story. 

📩 kashifbinumer@gmail.com
🌐 www.kashifbinumer.me

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Your team doesn’t follow your tasks.
They follow your clarity.

The moment your vision sharpens,
Everything falls into place.

P.S. What’s one thing you wish your team understood more clearly?

Founder & CEO @ EaseZen Solutions | From First Line of Code to First Million in Revenue

Before You Fix Your Team… Fix This First.

Founders don’t avoid the truth

Because they’re weak.
They avoid the truth
Because they’re emotionally attached to their product.

But truth is the only thing that makes it stronger.

P.S. Which red flag hit you the hardest?

If You’re Adding Features… Pause.

Your product is not slow.
Your decisions are.

A hard truth…
But it’s the truth that frees you.

The moment you stop blaming tech, tools, or timelines
and start fixing the way you decide
everything speeds up:

Your team.
Your product.
Your progress.

Because execution only moves as fast as the clarity that leads it.

P.S. What’s one decision you’ve been delaying… that you know you should’ve made already?

Your Product Isn’t Slow. Your Decisions Are.

Most founders test features.
Almost none test clarity.

But clarity is the real conversion engine.

The 3-second test feels uncomfortable…
because it exposes the truth we often avoid:

Your users don’t have a clarity problem.
You do.

Fix your message, and your product starts selling itself.

P.S. When was the last time you looked at your homepage with a stranger’s eyes?

If your product ever felt “stuck”
You’re probably fighting an enemy you can’t see.

Not competition.
Not features.
Not a lack of users.

Something way quieter…
and way deadlier.

I wish someone had told me this earlier.

Because this ONE thing has killed more products I’ve seen
than bad ideas, bad code, and bad execution combined.

And the scary part?
Most founders don’t even realize it until they’re already burning money.

Swipe through until the end,
The real answer is NOT what you think it is.

And once you see it,
you won’t be able to unsee it again.

This might save your product’s life.

PS: What’s ONE thing that slowed your product’s growth the most this year?

The Silent Product Killer No Founder Notices

The startup world glorifies burnout.
But no one admits the truth:

Most burnout is caused by not knowing what the hell you're doing next.

Chaos drains.
Clarity energizes.

P.S. What’s something you’re currently unclear about?

Nobody Talks About This Founder Pain… 

This is the part no founder wants to hear:


Your product isn’t slow because of your team.
It’s slow because of your hesitation.

When you decide slowly,
Everyone builds slowly.

The moment you start choosing faster
(with clarity, not chaos)…
momentum returns.

Teams follow the leader’s pace
not the roadmap.

P.S. What’s one decision you’ve been postponing that’s silently slowing everything down?

The truth no founder wants to admit…

But every successful one eventually realizes:

Your website isn’t a website.
It’s a feeling.

The feeling someone gets in the first 2 seconds
when the page loads.
When the message lands.
When the design makes sense.
Or… doesn’t.

And that feeling decides everything.

Because people don’t buy products.
They buy clarity.
They buy trust.
They buy the experience your website gives them
before you ever say a word.

And here’s the part most founders miss:

- A fast website isn’t enough.
- A beautiful website isn’t enough.
- A “professional-looking” website isn’t enough.

What you need now is something deeper:

An AI-powered system
that understands your visitor
better than your competitor does.

A system that guides.
Reads behavior.
Reduces friction.
Explains your value.
And sells without sounding like it’s selling.

Because in 2025, websites aren’t static.
They’re smart.
Adaptive.
Personal.
Human-centered.

And when that happens, 
your product finally has a place to breathe.
Your story finally has a place to live.
Your customers finally have a place that feels like
they can trust you.

This is why I build the way I build.

Not pages.
Not templates.
Not “something to put online.”

But AI-driven digital experiences
that make people feel seen, understood, and ready.

Because when clarity enters,
hesitation leaves.

And that’s the moment
A visitor becomes a lead.
A lead becomes a client.
A client becomes a success story.

P.S. If your website looks fine but still doesn’t convert, it’s not you.
It’s the system behind the screen.
Tell me “review mine” and I’ll break it down for you in one message.

The Secret Way to Build High-Converting Products

Momentum rarely dies loudly.

It fades quietly, in tiny, invisible ways.

For some of us, it’s the pile of ideas we can’t choose from.

For others, it’s clients pulling us in 10 directions.
Sometimes it’s just our own overthinking.

Or our energy is dipping faster than we admit.
Whatever it is…

You’re not alone.

I’ve worked with enough founders to know this:
Your speed has nothing to do with talent
and everything to do with clarity, energy, and emotional load.

So let’s be real today.

What’s slowing you down right now?
Vote honestly.

Your answer might help someone else feel seen.

P.S. Comment if your reason isn’t in the list. I’m curious what’s behind your slowdown.

What’s the REAL reason you’re moving slower than you should right now?

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