Our major American cities should be paragons of beauty

by Zain Jaffer As a real estate investor, people expect me to love seeing the beauty of cities. Tall aesthetically pleasing skyscrapers that touch the sky as if to symbolize man’s aspirations and achievement. Beautiful parks that recharge families. Great shopping and restaurants to satiate our desires and epicurean passions. In reality everyone should love […]

Is Intel losing its market relevance

by Zain Jaffer Author’s note: I hold some of the stocks mentioned here, mostly in mutual funds. My previous background is in mobile advertising, where my previous startup was acquired by Blackstone in 2019. See https://www.blackstone.com/news/press/blackstone-closes-acquisition-of-vungle-a-leading-mobile-performance-marketing-platform/ Anyone who has worked in the Information Technology (IT) sector since the 80s has of course heard of Intel […]

The coming AI shock

by Zain Jaffer Unless you have been hiding under a rock, most likely you have heard of or even played around with the new Artificial Intelligence (AI) applications like Chat GPT, Microsoft Copilot, Google Gemini, and other AI applications that have sprouted up. News reports, talk shows, opinion makers now talk about Large Language Models […]