Archive - Three Data Point Thursday

AI lobotomy: the $4 billion lesson in how not to build intelligence

How Tesla, GitHub, and Notion build AI while others build committees

Jul 3 •

Sven Balnojan PhD

June 2025

June 2025 wrap up & news

Jun 29 •

Sven Balnojan PhD

The B2B SaaS founder's essential library: books that actually matter

Why popular startup advice destroys B2B companies

Jun 26 •

Sven Balnojan PhD

Why "boring" AI products make money

Lessons from Eight Months Building AI Products at MAIA.

Jun 19 •

Sven Balnojan PhD

Your CEO's AI mandate is half right

The productivity gains are real. The path to get there is nothing like they think.

Jun 12 •

Sven Balnojan PhD

5 books that will change how you make decisions under uncertainty

Most "decision-making" advice is actually risk-avoidance advice in disguise.

Jun 5 •

Sven Balnojan PhD

May 2025 wrap up & news

Jun 1 •

Sven Balnojan PhD

May 2025

Kill your data team: why product teams should own data

May 29 •

Sven Balnojan PhD

Build for GPT-5, ship with GPT-4: why shipping worse products today creates AI winners tomorrow

May 22 •

Sven Balnojan PhD

The Amplitude death spiral: why 90% of YC startups die by dashboard

The hidden danger of being ‘data-driven’ too soon.

May 15 •

Sven Balnojan PhD

Langfuse: how boring tracing became my prompt management lifeline

May 8 •

Sven Balnojan PhD

URGENT: Public Health Advisory from the Center for Data Decision Hygiene

May 1 •

Sven Balnojan PhD

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