James Gross
Charts to Understand AI: November 2026
Charts on AI capacity, spending, adoption, and work, with historical comparisons, source notes, and data periods from Alephic’s November 2026 edition.
Writing
We like to write. We believe writing is a powerful tool for thought and it's much harder to fake your way through paragraphs than it is through a conversation.
James Gross
Who Owns the Customer When AI Does the Buying?
Tom Critchlow joins Alephic to discuss AI shopping, brand visibility, customer relationships, and what companies should build for AI assistants.
James Gross
How AI Agents Are Changing Shopping and Marketing
Mike Mallazzo explores product discovery, brand consistency, and how advertising could change when AI agents help people decide what to buy.
James Gross
How Big Companies Can Move at Startup Speed With AI
Josh Neland on testing AI ideas in week one, removing workflow bottlenecks, and building tools that people actually use inside large companies.
James Gross
Dots, AI Costs, Figma Access, and the Trust Problem
Watch Alephic discuss OpenAI Dots, AI costs, Figma access, and public trust, with four takeaways and 17 timestamped chapter summaries.
James Gross
The killer AI app might only matter to you
AI is becoming a way to better use the software we already have and to create software that would never have made sense as a product.