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Best practices for writing regular communications using GenAI
My GenAI playbook includes eight prompts I use most, my best practices on structuring and iterating prompts, and my core belief that the real magic…
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Doug Levin
China Is Turning AI into Infrastructure. The U.S. Must Rethink the Game.
One sentence: China is turning AI into full-stack national infrastructure—spanning chips, cloud, data, talent, regulation, and export strategy—while the…
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Doug Levin
Antitrust in the Age of AI: Can Policy Keep Pace With Innovation?
A Georgetown panel unpacked how antitrust must evolve to curb “killer acquisitions,” protect open competition, and ensure the AI era doesn’t quietly…
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Doug Levin
Inside My Upcoming Congressional Briefing
Tech M&A in 2025 is rebounding in value and shifting toward innovation-driven, capability-focused deals—especially in AI, infrastructure, chips, cloud…
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Doug Levin
PMF Isn’t the Finish Line
Finding product-market fit isn’t the finish line—it’s the moment the real work begins, when founders must choose whether to grow into leaders capable of…
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Doug Levin
The Status of the Blockchain, 2025: From Speculation to Infrastructure
Blockchain has moved past its speculative phase into a more mature stage where real infrastructure, institutional adoption, and practical use cases are…
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Doug Levin
Massachusetts Leads the Nation in Startup IPO Probability
Massachusetts leads the nation in converting VC-backed startups into IPOs, outpacing California, which generates more unicorns but keeps them private…
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Doug Levin
The Coming Compute Glut and What Happens After the Data Center Boom
AI infrastructure is being built faster than near-term demand can absorb, echoing the late-1990s fiber overbuild, meaning today’s speculative rush in…
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Doug Levin
When Worlds Collide: Bridging the AI Culture Divide
The “AI Culture Clash” explores how the real challenge in AI transformation isn’t technical but cultural—bridging the gap between disciplines…
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Doug Levin
Angel Investing in 2025: Resilience, Realism & Renewed Opportunity
If venture capital is a boom-and-bust spectacle, angel investing is where conviction still meets craft.
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Doug Levin
Can America’s IPO Engine Restart?
Reviving America’s IPO engine is essential to sustain innovation, recycle capital, and reaffirm the nation’s commitment to open and forward-looking…
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Doug Levin

October 2025

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