950 Agents. 21 Hours. 20 Decisions.
The split underwriting the difference between a commoditized job and an increasing salary in an AI-driven workforce
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Every Monday
The Leverage Brief
One actionable AI idea per week. No hype, no listicles. One concept, one implementation path, something you can act on this week.
44 Models. No Winner. $477K a Month.
AI Fire tested 44 models and found no clear winner. Nvidia bought Hugging Face, Meta's Muse took the App Store's top spot from ChatGPT, and open source closed to four months behind the frontier. Meanwhile one operator is billing 3,700 people $129 a month for the layer nobody can download — which is the only part of this week's news that describes your job.
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Your AI vendor just became your regulator
Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice...
45 Builds and Counting
A new direction - breaking down what I’ve built for readers
The 4-Cent SDR and 10 Rogue Agents
Execution collapsed to $0.04 a lead. Governance is still catching failures seven times out of ten after the fact. The gap between the two is where your job now lives.
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Same title. Different job. 📊
AI isn't taking the title. It's hollowing out the work inside it — and the data just proved it.
Recording Is the Easy Part
Now, you can finally "bottle" your judgment. Here's how.
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AI cut 21,000 at Oracle. It is paying everyone else 62% more.
One signal, two altitudes: the org you run and the authority you carry. Plus a new 2-minute score for where you stand.
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The Top 1% Economy
Intelligence for Portfolio Executives closing the AI Wage Gap.
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🧑💻400,000 Sessions 🔮
Anthropic's surprising takeaway from non-coder experts vs. coders building using AI
Now the Feds Keep Score
Plus: what governance without execution gets you
✺ 🧠 80 Percent 🤖
Anthropic's AI is making 80% of its own new model
The Platform Just Replaced the Tool
Plus: PODCAST Episode 1 Drop: Ludmila Praslova (Top Global Expert on Neurodiversity in the Workplace)
The Feds Just Confirmed It
... not aliens; what the AI Wage Gap is doing to certain jobs
The Job Title That Arrived Late
Plus: what the talent and tech convergence means for you and your career
The Canary in the Server Room
Why ND brains are winning AI — and losing it.
The Smartest Move with AI
... Take "Stupid" Action
How to Close the AI Wage Gap
Chapter 1 of my forthcoming book - free preview
Stop testing AI. Build one.
Weekly intel, roles, and tools to build an AI-resilient portfolio career
The AI Wage Gap Has a Cousin. It's Worse.
Plus: Your Career, on BEAST MODE
Edition #4: How I turned my book into a commercial‐grade AI coach (and how you can too)
A step‐by‐step playbook to turn your expertise into a 24/7 coach for your ICP
Edition #3: Your Claude Terminal Is Your New Office
Plus: PortLev.com Is Live, The Book Is Real, and I Need Your Story
Edition #2: From School Kitchen to Portfolio Executive: Why I’m Writing The Leverage Brief
Weekly intel, roles, and tools to build an AI‐resilient portfolio career
Edition #1: How Portfolio Executives Close Their AI Wage Gap
Weekly intel, roles, and tools to build an AI‐resilient portfolio career