Archive - Shane Collins

Why the Mastermind Behind OpenAI’s Sora Just Walked Away

It’s April 2026, and the smell of burning idealism is wafting through Silicon Valley.

Apr 22 • Shane Collins

Why I Choose AI as my Co-Founder

Stop endlessly searching for a co-founder on startup matching platforms.

Apr 16 • Shane Collins

Welcome to the Era of "Harness Engineering."

If you’ve been paying attention to the AI space lately, you’ve probably noticed a new buzzword creeping into your feed. It’s in the newsletters.

Apr 15 • Shane Collins

March 2026

How Uber Secretly Scaled AI from 2 to 500+ Skills in 5 Months Without a Strategy

Five months ago, one engineer at Uber pushed a repo with two custom Claude skills.

Mar 21 • Shane Collins

An AI Interviewed 81,000 People. What It Discovered Exposes Our Deepest Insecurities.

We keep having the wrong fight about AI.

Mar 20 • Shane Collins

We Hired AI to Work Less. Instead, Our Workload Jumped 346%. Here’s Why.

Remember the promise of 2023?

Mar 19 • Shane Collins

Your Job Just Changed Forever — Jensen Huang’s GTC 2026 Was a Warning, Not a Keynote

The Lobster That Crashed the Conference

Mar 18 • Shane Collins

I Watched a PM Ship a Feature in 48 Hours With AI. It Was the Worst Thing He Ever Built.

Late last year, one of the sharpest junior PMs on my team — let’s call him Alex — got the assignment he’d been waiting for.

Mar 17 • Shane Collins

The AI “5-Layer Cake”: How Nvidia’s CEO Explains the Real Economics of Intelligence

Stop Treating AI Like a Chatbot.

Mar 16 • Shane Collins

The Middle East is Burning, and You’re Footing the Bill: The Invisible War Tax on Your Wallet

It’s a Tuesday evening in March 2026.

Mar 15 • Shane Collins

Everyone Says SaaS Is Dead. Here’s What’s Actually Happening to Software

The tech world has been having a collective nervous breakdown.

Mar 13 • Shane Collins

I Rewatched the AlphaGo Documentary in 2026. It Hit Completely Different This Time.

There’s a scene in the AlphaGo documentary that I missed the first time I watched it.

Mar 12 • Shane Collins

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