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I didn’t hear back from Ai² after the newsletter came out, but I did receive this email from Darren Kimura, CEO of AI Squared Holdings, a privately held company in Mountain View, Calif.:

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

It wasn’t until much later that she came back to the subject, privately and in earnest.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026

Superior algorithms are held privately, run with institutional capital and protected like trade secrets.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 1, 2026

Local authorities say six privately operated buses have been hit in 2026, too.

From BBC • May 31, 2026

By this time there were captains in the Owsla who said privately to each other that the General was in the grip of an obsession.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams