#Retail Stores are moving toward real-time awareness. A look at how movement, shelf interaction, and operations come together to drive action, featuring Ariadne, ShopperAI, and Worlds www.linkedin.com/pulse/store-... #AI #Startups

The #Microsoft for #Startups team will be in #London and #Paris the week of April 20, bringing together a curated group of #Retail & #CPG leaders and #startup #founders for two focused, invite-only showcases www.linkedin.com/posts/shishs...

Every company has been trying to convince you that their single #AI model is the smartest researcher in the room. #Microsoft just said: Why pick one? decrypt.co/362805/micro...

I write the first draft, then let the #LLM refine it. My ideas stay mine, just better articulated. alexhwoods.com/dont-let-ai-... #AI

interesting view of Data Centers across the US opengridworks.com/power-plants...

Apparently #AI data centers can warm nearby areas by up to 9.1°C… so future winter vacations might just be “ski trip to Server Farm Valley.” Hot cocoa, snow boots, and a steady #GPU hum keeping the whole town cozy www.newscientist.com/article/2521...

The only person whose job it is to grow your career is you. If you’re dependable and low-friction, the system is already working as designed. From the company’s view, nothing needs to change. From yours, that comfort can turn into stagnation alifeengineered.substack.com/p/nobody-is-...

looks like an interesting alternative www.msn.com/en-us/news/t.... I've had too many microSD fails with my #raspberrypi www.amazon.com/Beelink-S12-... #IoT

#AI keeps moving toward scale. More #GPUs. More compute. Then there’s Voyager 1, still running with 69 KB of memory. A reminder that constraint can shape a different kind of progress: techfixated.com/a-1977-time-...

How to turn almost anything into a router. A practical guide worth bookmarking: nbailey.ca/post/router/ And yes, a #RaspberryPi works just as well: www.dotlinux.net/blog/set-up-...

10 #startups, des cas d’usage concrets, et des échanges directs avec retailers et marques. Rendez-vous à #Paris le 23 avril pour un Startup Showcase dédié au #Retail et #CPG www.linkedin.com/posts/shishs...

Anyone remember the Windows, PageMaker, Corel, VB, and Flight Simulator days of the late ’80s and early ’90s? That mix set me on the path to joining Microsoft in the mid 90s.

#Retail doesn’t just run on data. It depends on alignment across pricing, inventory, and product systems. That alignment is harder than it looks. A few thoughts after a conversation with Maria Marti www.linkedin.com/pulse/missin... #AI #AgenticAI #AgenticCommerce #startups

One theme from #NVIDIAGTC 2026 stayed with me: #PhysicalAI. 𝐑𝐨𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞-𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭. 𝐈𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐀𝐈 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞-𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐫. www.linkedin.com/posts/shishs... #robotics #AI

Tried out #meshcore in #sanjose while at #nvidiagtc .. love the coverage in #siliconvalley

#AgenticAI isn’t blocked by models. It’s constrained by systems, data, & execution. Sharing how enterprises can move from legacy foundations to agentic ecosystems, and the role #startups play in bringing new capabilities into the mix www.linkedin.com/posts/shishs... #AI #Retail

From Outages to Outcomes: How Gisual Enables AI-Powered #Retail Operations www.linkedin.com/pulse/from-o... #startups #AI

The year I joined #microsoft learn.microsoft.com/en-us/shows/...

#Marketing isn’t short on data. It’s short on systems that act. Sharing how agentic ecosystems, with Microsoft for Startups + Pegasus partner A.Team, are compressing insight → action from days to hours www.linkedin.com/pulse/from-i... #AI #AgenticAI #retail #startups

#Agents can act. #Retailers are deciding how much to trust them. The shift is from approval to policy-driven autonomy. Sharing thoughts on trust across boundaries and where #blockchain fits: www.linkedin.com/pulse/from-a... #AI #AIAgents #Retail #web3 #AgenticAI

my weekend project: Run a persistent, always-on #OpenClaw Gateway on a #RaspberryPi docs.openclaw.ai/install/rasp... Raspberry Pi with OpenClaw is an always-on edge node anchoring continuous operation between local and cloud intelligence.

Azure VMs give you a fully isolated runtime. Even if an #AIagent goes rogue or gets exploited, your local machine and data stay protected. This isolation is the foundation of zero-trust techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azurede... #AI #OpenClaw #Azure

#Agent. #Orchestrator. #Claw. Spent some time digging in to better articulate how they differ & how they fit together. We’re moving from coordination to continuous operation. Full post here: www.linkedin.com/pulse/from-c... #AI #AgenticAI #Retail #startups

The Clipper Round the World Race (www.clipperroundtheworld.com) is now headed to #Seattle (Arrival: 15-20 April) Tracker: clipperroundtheworld.geovoile.com/2025/tracker/ #sailing

I have #Meshtastic & #MeshCore nodes running: MeshCore seems to have more nodes/repeaters and a more active public channel .. at least in the #pnw #seattle #pugetsound

Just shared a few thoughts from #NVIDIAGTC after spending time with the Galileo #AI team. Agents are starting to act, not just respond. OpenClaw was a wake up call. Why a control layer is becoming essential: www.linkedin.com/posts/shishs... #AIAgents #AgenticAI

Training on scale models builds instincts you’d never get on real ships. No owner or port authority will allow that level of risk. With models, you can push limits, make mistakes, and learn fast without real-world consequences www.portrevel.com #AI #Shipping #Maritime

I took a few Waymo rides this week (https:// lnkd.in/giNT6zx8). I went in with a simple test in mind: “𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒏𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒚 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒑 𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒏𝒈.” www.linkedin.com/posts/shishs... #AI

Puget Mesh (pugetmesh.org) is building off-grid comms across #PugetSound w/ #AREDN(https://www.arednmesh.org), #MeshCore(https://meshcore.co.uk), & #Meshtastic(https://meshtastic.org). I’ve been hands-on with #hamradio, Meshtastic, MeshCore … AREDN is next on my list.

I was in San Jose this week and tried out @Waymo multiple times (www.instagram.com/p/DV7zV55k9A5/) and was impressed with how safe it actually felt waymo.com/safety/impact/ #AI

I spent years on the #AzureMaps team, and I’m pretty sure we saw a version of this 6–7 years ago. Still love stumbling onto these intriguing stories from the world of mapping: like France’s aircraft carrier being tracked in real time via a fitness app. www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...

Mistral Forge (lnkd.in/gvSawuZd) is opening up new possibilities for #Retail and #CPG, especially when it comes to personalized customer engagement www.linkedin.com/posts/shishs... #AI

#NVIDIAGTC was a different kind of experience for me. Coming from #Retail and #CPG events, this was a chance to step into #AI-first conversations www.linkedin.com/posts/shishs... #startups

I love the guidelines here: stopsloppypasta.ai/en/ #AI #GenAI

my recap of day 1 at #NVIDIAGTC www.linkedin.com/posts/shishs...

Testing #meshcore at #nvidiagtc on channel #gtc26 meshcore.co.uk

Where should #startups focus to help large enterprises? Start with the annual report. In this article I share how I analyze annual reports, break down priorities, and map them to startup capabilities using the Business Model Canvas. www.linkedin.com/posts/shishs...

For years I’ve been able to remember π to 10 digits: 3.1415926535. No idea why. Still waiting to discover the mission where that becomes critical. 😄 Happy #PiDay

6–7 miles of running every day. Beginning to think my treadmill should come with a power cable to a nearby data center .. lol

#AI is starting to run first-round job #interviews. Platforms like CodeSignal, Humanly, and Eightfold let companies screen every applicant at scale. www.theverge.com/featured-vid... #HR

Signal worth paying attention to: Researchers showed an autonomous agent accessing McKinsey’s internal #AI platform in ~2hrs through a classic SQL injection. 46M chats & 700K+ files exposed. #Security must now cover prompts, memory, and tool access. codewall.ai/blog/how-we-...

download access for a new tidal current atlas for the #SalishSea in PDF format www.dewey.ca/home/sstca

Ahead of #NVIDIAGTC, Microsoft for Startups is hosting a curated 𝑬𝒙𝒆𝒄𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝑳𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒑 𝑫𝒊𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒓, bringing together innovative #startup #founders with #AI & #Innovation leaders from leading enterprises www.linkedin.com/posts/shishs... #startups #msft4startups

amazing agenda (wiresconnect.com/pages/the-ag...) & speaker lineup (wiresconnect.com/pages/speake...) at wiresconnect (wiresconnect.com) #seattle

Counting down to #Whidbey #Audubon’s March program on the Tufted Puffin; that fierce little seabird that still nests on just two islands in the #SalishSea www.whidbeyaudubonsociety.org/monthly-prog... #pnw #seattle #pugetsound

Reading Nexus by Yuval Noah Harari (a.co/d/09JBw3VX) & this line crystallized something I’ve been thinking about: “The strength of a network depends less on facts than on the stories its members share.” #AI #SocialAnthropology

Flashed my SenseCAP T1000‑E with #MeshCore yesterday to check node density in the #PNW. The network lit up last night and the activity surprised me. The mesh scene out here is stronger than people think. #meshtastic wasn’t as busy.

Three Agents Walk Into a Store youtu.be/qDnz--1N3eY?... #AgenticAI #AIAgents #AI #Retail

I’ve been using my #Apple #AirPods as hearing aids (www.forbes.com/sites/anisha...) for some time, but only recently discovered another remarkable feature while traveling: Live Translation (support.apple.com/en-us/123185). A small piece of technology that expands how we hear & understand the world