Signals
Signals
Signals
Signals — 26 August 2026
Today’s signals point to a common shift: invisible operating layers are becoming more important than visible products. 01 — Local AI becomes a procurement decision Local AI is moving from technical curiosity to enterprise procurement. As smaller models become more capable, the question is no longer simply cloud versus local.
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The Simulated Public
We are beginning to ask people who do not exist SIGNAL · AI / MARKET / CULTURE For decades, market research followed a familiar sequence. A company had a question. It found people. It asked them. It tried to infer what a larger public might do. That sequence is beginning to bend. Synthetic