Brief

A significant gap exists between CEO confidence in AI tools and the reality of enterprise deployment, leading to billions in wasted investment. Many companies abandon AI initiatives because polished prototypes fail to translate into production-ready systems. Venture capital is now concentrating on agentic AI startups that demonstrate reliability and have solved the "last mile" of execution, rather than just novelty. AI

Evan Medeiros, a political scientist and former US government advisor, believes that recent US-China summits, including one involving Donald Trump and Xi Jinping, primarily reflect existing power dynamics rather than altering them. Medeiros noted that China appeared confident and set the agenda, while the US focused on trade deals with soft commitments. He suggests that any perceived stability in US-China relations is unlikely to endure. AI