Colossus Magazine’s best writing brought to life in audiobook form. Hear the profiles, features, and essays narrated in full by Scott Brick, the voice behind Dune, Jurassic Park, In Cold Blood, Alexander Hamilton, the Foundation and Jack Ryan series, and hundreds of other audiobooks.Explore Colossus Magazine and the rest of the Colossus podcast network, including Invest Like the Best, Business Breakdowns, and Founders, at https://www.colossus.com.
Generative AI is unlikely to generate massive wealth for its creators, as it currently mirrors the trajectory of shipping containerization rather than the microprocessor revolution. While the technology will significantly boost global GDP, intense competition and high capital requirements mean that value will primarily...
David Velez, the Colombian-born founder of Nubank, is scaling his digital banking empire from Latin America into the United States. After successfully disrupting Brazil’s banking oligopoly by offering a fee-less, mobile-first credit card, Nubank now serves over 140 million customers. Velez’s strategy relies on a low-co...
Mark Zuckerberg operates as the sovereign of a vast, non-territorial empire, navigating the "dictator's dilemma" where immense power creates isolation from reality. His leadership style, deeply influenced by the Roman emperor Augustus, prioritizes total control and constant expansion, manifested through a relentless, m...
Scott Wu, a former competitive programming prodigy and founder of the AI lab Cognition, navigates the intersection of human intelligence and autonomous software engineering. His background in high-stakes math competitions—characterized by intense competitiveness and logical intuition—directly informs the development of...
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