Sovereign AI is no longer a nice to have, and with open source, more achievable than ever Opinion Driven by rising costs and concerns over data sovereignty, enterprises are increasingly pursuing “AI sovereignty” by diversifying their AI supply chains with open-source alternatives, says Lewis Liu “Every single enterprise in this country… these people are livid. They’re saying: ‘I am paying for tokens that create no value. These people are stealing the weights and [...]
I’ve lived the American Dream but as the country turns 250 I’m watching it die Opinion The American Dream is being snatched away by regressive economic policies and predatory capitalist practices that prioritise the interests of the ultra-wealthy over the well-being of the median American, says Lewis Liu I am the quintessential product of the American Dream. My first memory is of meeting my father at three and a half. I [...]
Why young men would rather give up sex than smartphones Opinion A generation of young men biologically primed for connection and choosing screens instead is a sharp deviation from both our nature and the basic imperative to continue our species. For a society with more food, shelter and safety than our ancestors could have dreamed of to simply stop wanting to reproduce, something has gone deeply [...]
I’m an AI founder – here’s why I agree with the Pope about AI June 3, 2026 Pope Leo XIV’s has produced the most profound piece of writing on AI – critiquing how extreme capitalism uses AI to homogenize knowledge and concentrate power, says Lewis Liu When I was 18, I took a religious philosophy course as part of the core curriculum at Harvard. When we dove into the Tower of Babel, [...]
Claude was the nice guy of AI – what changed? May 20, 2026 The narrative around Anthropic’s Claude, initially perceived as the “ethical AI company,” has recently shifted due to concerns over perceived hypocrisy, aggressive ambition, model degradation, platform restrictions, and vendor lock-in risk, causing customers and developers to seek alternatives, says Lewis Liu “You really feel like Claude is a real person that you are interacting with [...]
Millennials are best placed to navigate the AI era May 1, 2026 As Lewis Liu turns 40, he reflects on how the generation that grew up before social media will navigate the ethical challenges of AI I’m writing this column on the steps of Widener Library at Harvard, exactly where I sat solving some physics problem set as a college kid two decades ago, currently en route [...]
AI governance for boards: A short practical guide April 22, 2026 The boards hoping AI won’t change their world are already failing their fiduciary duty. So here’s what they need to do, according to Lewis Liu When I was building Eigen, my previous AI company, I used to roll my eyes (privately) whenever someone asked me about AI bias. Eigen digitised complex financial and legal documents [...]
Look East to understand how AI is shaping the future April 2, 2026 While the West is still debating an AI bubble, China and Singapore are developing strategies to adapt to the forthcoming civilisational change, says Lewis Liu Over the past few months, I’ve spoken with hundreds of asset managers, pension funds, central banks, and sovereign treasuries about AI, collectively managing over $100tn in assets. The same three [...]
From tech bros to underclasses – AI has trust issues March 19, 2026 AI should work for you, right now it’s being done to you. Here’s three ways to solve AI’s trust problem, says Lewis Liu Alex Karp, co-founder and CEO of Palantir, the American AI military surveillance platform, recently said on CNBC: “The one thing that I think that even now is underestimated by all actors in [...]
Why network effects, taste, and rails are the new software moats March 5, 2026 In an era of AI coding agents, the true moats for companies now lie in four key areas: deterministic rails for critical systems, non-replicable network effects, genuine taste and strong branding, and core software infrastructure that is too integral to replace, says Lewis Liu I sit on advisory committees for several investment firms, and over [...]
