Cameron Hayes

110 Articles

The anti-American Right

Hook ‘em, Horns.After days of thinking about the possibility that AI might kill all of humanity, it’s almost…

1,503 US Early-Stage Investors, Mapped: Pre-Seed to Series A

Founders talk about the Series A crunch as a feeling. It’s arithmetic.I mapped 1,503 US-headquartered early-stage investors for…

The AI CEOs Asked for a Brake. Trump Said No. Here Is How to Plan Anyway.

Three people with every commercial reason to accelerate spent last week asking for a brake. Amodei, Altman and…

Two missing pieces in the AI safety discussion

This was the week that AI safety hit the big time. A 27-year-old AI researcher named Jacob Coxon…

YC Summer 2026 Batch⚡, 40 AI Tools for Founders🛠️, Europe’s Race to $1 Trillion💰

Another week, another pulse check on Tech.From top insights and reports to new funds, VC jobs, resources, and…

OpenAI’s CFO uses ChatGPT-6 at work. I rebuilt Sarah Friar’s morning routine for every CFO

Sarah Friar is up before 5:30 a.m.She said so herself this week, in a post about how she…

Get the Middle East out of my politics!

The other day I saw a Harvard Harris poll on the favorability of various political figures in the…

Travis Kalanick Says Excellence Is the Capacity to Take Pain. Here Are His 10 Rules for Building Through It.

Travis Kalanick opens with an equation rather than a strategy.“The derivative of problem solving must always be greater…

The AI-Ready CFO (live recording)

The recording from the latest live AI Masterclass is now ready to watch for all Paid Members.And Insider…

144 Family Offices That Cut Pre-Seed Checks

A family office can decide on your round over one lunch. That is the whole reason this list…

I tried GPT-6 Astra for CFOs and it’s insanely good

And here we go again. Every few months a model gives a life-changing experience.After spending a great amount…

Social Media Has Changed Forever. Time to Prepare.

The New Rules of AttentionFor the majority of people, trends are felt only in hindsight. When something big…

The AI-Ready CFO Masterclass starts in 3 hours (LIVE)

I’m hosting a masterclass tomorrow to help finance become AI native and ready. Wednesday, September 9, at 11:00…

Liberalism needs a new philosophy of immigration

Photo by Mika Baumeister on UnsplashSo, Germany’s far-right party, the AfD, just won a huge landslide election victory…

The AI-Ready CFO Masterclass w/ Glenn Hopper & Wouter Born starts tomorrow (LIVE)

I’m hosting a masterclass tomorrow to help finance become AI native and ready. Wednesday, September 9, at 11:00…