How modern technology systems actually work — the layers, the chokepoints, and the supply chains beneath the software.
When a company dies, everything its staff wrote at work becomes an asset on the schedule. In August 2026 Google bid $10 million for one such archive, and a judge decides in September whether it goes through. American bankruptcy law has an office for exactly this, and it was written to protect customers, so it never engaged.
AI in 2026 is not a product category. It is a stack. The companies that matter will not merely have the best chatbot, the best model, or the best app. They will sit on the layers every other company has to cross.
AI in 2026 is not a product category. It is a stack. The companies that matter will not merely have the best chatbot, the best model, or the best app. They will sit on the layers every other company has to cross.