SkillenaiJared Rand is a data scientist specializing in natural language processing. He also has an MBA and is a serial entrepreneur. He is a Principal NLP Data Scientist at Everstream Analytics and founder of Skillenai. Connect with Jared on LinkedIn.
A Solution to the Chaos AI Teams are Feeling Right Now I have a secret to share: most AI teams are in chaos right now, across many industries. I’ve seen it first hand, heard it from other AI leaders, and read stories online. In the article below I outline what I see as the common […]
AI Engineering was recently named the #1 fastest growing job by LinkedIn, with data science cited as one of the top roles transitioned from. Meanwhile, every data scientist is in the middle of at best an identity crisis and at worst an existential crisis. I recently switched from data science to AI engineering and have […]
In the 90s everyone talked about the “information superhighway” that was created by the internet and fiber optics. AI has the same potential to become an “intelligence superhighway.” But that potential is unrealized today and instead feels like driving at rush hour. AI is Like an Automobile Let’s stick with transportation analogies to help explore […]
The world is transitioning from the Information Age to the Intelligence Age. We need a new set of mental models to thrive in this new age. Below are a few of the mental models I’ve adopted recently to help guide my work as an AI engineer. Engine in a Buggy Don’t put an engine in […]
TL;DR — Edition #4 zeroes-in on three tectonic shifts for AI founders: Enterprise Agentics From demo bots to production AI 2024 gave us a flood of “toy” chatbots; 2025 is about enterprise-grade. There is a whole zoo of agent frameworks on the market, but Microsoft’s AutoGen, CrewAI, LangGraph and Semantic Kernel have all crossed the […]
Welcome to the third edition of Idea Frontier, where we explore paradigm-shifting ideas in STEM and business. In this issue, we examine three frontiers at the cutting edge of science and innovation: a breakthrough in detecting potential alien biochemistry, the rise of light-based AI computing, and the scaling of generative AI into biotechnology. Each topic […]
Welcome to the second edition of Idea Frontier, where we explore paradigm-shifting ideas at the nexus of STEM and business. In this issue, we dive into three frontiers: how AI agents are learning to smartly pick their tools (and why that matters for building more general intelligence), how new memory frameworks like Graphiti are giving […]
The idea of an AI companion—always available, endlessly attentive, and shockingly helpful—has captured our collective imagination. From OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s reported effort to build a startup inspired by the movie Her, to daily interactions with tools like ChatGPT, we’re entering an era where AI is no longer just a tool—it’s a presence. But what […]
Welcome to the first edition of Idea Frontier, a weekly newsletter that showcases 3 novel, paradigm-shifting ideas across AI, science, and business. I use multiple deep research agents to discover and curate big ideas that won’t show up in your social media feed. This week, we delve into three novel ideas: Orchestrated Distributed Intelligence (ODI), […]
As AI and data science writers we may not put too much thought into how to maximize the reach of our blog articles. We focus first and foremost on writing high-quality content, then maybe share it on our social media accounts and call it a day. But that only scratches the surface. In this article […]