GreenPT and Neuralwatt Call for Efficient AI Transition

Exploring the critical intersection of AI, sustainability, and progress with David Gottfried, founder of the U.S. Green Building Council and World Green Building Council. David shares insights on his "truth protocol" for AI, the environmental impact of AI infrastructure, and a framework for civilizational change using "value rings and the full equation." If this hit, follow along. We're about to launch on Kickstarter — a tool to help you come up with ideas and push them further. #AI #Sustainability #Progress #Innovation #Leadership

The “AI future” is often sold as a sudden leap into magic. But how can companies build towards a future where AI doesn't replace human judgement, but actually clears a path for it? We asked an all-star team of Arjun Shukla, AnnaRose Girvin, James Wood, Joshua Noble, Lusine Tarkhanyan, PhD, Bárbara E., and Jiapeng Li to look at the capabilities taking shape across research, product development, and early enterprise deployments. https://bit.ly/4fqchtb

Back in Silicon Valley this week! Excited to be in the Bay Area and reconnect with many of the CIOs, CDOs, engineering leaders, and founders shaping the next wave of enterprise AI. One topic keeps coming up in every conversation: AI isn't the challenge anymore—AI ROI is. Organizations are now asking: What are we actually spending on AI? Which teams and agents are creating value? How do we optimize cost without slowing innovation? That's exactly why we built https://lnkd.in/g-N7-s-s by Datacolor AI—an AI control plane that helps enterprises instrument, measure, visualize, and optimize every AI workload across models, agents, and applications. If you're in Silicon Valley, join us for our Executive Briefing: AI Value Realization on July 23 in Sunnyvale. Looking forward to great conversations and seeing familiar faces.

When we first partnered with Simile earlier this year, it was because Joon Sung Park, Michael Bernstein, Percy Liang, Lainie Yallen and the team captured our imaginations with their vision of building the first AI simulation of society, and because of the extraordinary demand from the world’s largest enterprises. In just a few months, they’ve turned that demand into real results. Today, the product is in production, at scale, with customers like CVS, Deloitte, and Gallup, who are using Simile’s generative agents to simulate outcomes before deploying changes in the real world. What’s remarkable about Simile is that our imagination keeps getting stretched. For all the early traction in the enterprise, there are many additional use cases and business models waiting to be explored, as organizations increasingly use simulations not only to forecast isolated outcomes, but to model entire systems composed of customers, employees, competitors, regulators, and markets interacting dynamically over time. We believe Simile is building one of the foundational technologies of the AI era. That's why we're thrilled to double down on our investment today, as they announce their $200 million Series B. Congrats, team! https://lnkd.in/gd2uWtG5

AI is transforming the way we think about energy, infrastructure and sustainability and the decisions being made today will shape its impact for years to come. I was delighted to be part of this mainstage series at Trellis Impact 26, alongside an incredible group of leaders exploring what it will take to build AI sustainably. Together, the conversations connect the full picture: from infrastructure development and community impacts to clean energy, investment and the implications for corporate sustainability.  Watch the full keynote series: https://lnkd.in/gMxWzgN9 Thank you to @trellis-grp for bringing together such a thoughtful discussion. #TrellisImpact

As both a creator and consumer of AI, Blackbaud is innovating faster than ever before, grounded in the trust we’ve built with our customers over decades of digital transformation. Today, we announced multiple new Agents for Good and a coming wave of embedded AI innovation built on a reimagined cloud-native, AI-first operating system. We are connecting every product and learning from every interaction with AI that gets smarter over time. What excites me most isn't the technology itself—it's what it can unlock for our customers. The sector has long struggled with a capacity gap, but the future we’re building in the era of AI is one where workflows fade into the background, securing resources is the easiest part of any mission, and the inspiring people who are seeking to change the world get to focus on doing just that. Looking forward to sharing more at bbcon 2026. https://blkb.co/4x1lxvk

You know, everyone's talking about AI, but Nyssa Waters is about to drop some serious truth bombs at Revved 2026. 🤯 She's unveiling the real costs of AI on August 6th in Auckland. Don't miss this eye-opening talk! 💰 #Revved2026 #AIinsights

AI isn't free. Not even close. That's what I'm unpacking at Revved. 2026. Topic: The True Cost of AI, next week, 6 August in Auckland, with Dr. Alexandra Andhov. MC David Downs is a brave man… Putting an AI builder and an accountability scholar on the same stage, discussing the most consequential topic of our time. Alexandra, a Professor and Chair of Law and Technology at the University of Auckland, brings the guardrail and governance lens, highlighting what most businesses are missing. I'm bringing the other half: how you MAKE money from using AI vs simply saving from it (and how you protect your operations). We won’t be ducking David’s tough questions: ❓ What happens when the AI tool your workflow requires changes its price or terms overnight? ❓ Once the big players stop subsidising the tech, who pays and how much? (Fable’s just the start!) ❓ What about your IP, your data, and your people - who’s protecting them? Aotearoa has a major shot here, because we get to build this properly, before the rest of the world locks in its mistakes. Come for the good, the bad, and the ugly. Leave knowing the real cost of being asleep at the wheel. #Revved2026 #EngineeringChange #StrategicAI #AIStrategy

If you're building AI products, observability should not stop at latency and spend. claude-carbon puts an estimated CO2 figure directly into the Claude Code status line, next to session cost. It also stores sessions locally and can backfill history from existing Claude transcripts. That does not solve AI's energy problem. It does something more useful first: it makes the footprint visible while the work is happening. I suspect more AI tooling will need this shift. Not sustainability as a PDF after the quarter closes. Sustainability as a live operating signal inside the product itself. #3flux #GreenSoftware

King of the Hill: The Unspoken Rules of the AI Race The article "The AI Cold War Turns Hot: How GenAI Works" https://lnkd.in/evCZdHfd captures a stark reality: the global AI competition is no longer just a technological sprint—it has evolved into a high-stakes geopolitical contest. Reading through the narrative of an "AI Cold War," I couldn’t help but notice how closely history repeats itself. The current AI race looks suspiciously like a classic game of King of the Hill. Throughout history, technological and economic hegemony followed the exact same playbook: The Enclosures & Resource Grab: Just as 18th-century "enclosures" privatized common land for wool production, or early industrialization consumed untamed amounts of coal and timber, today’s AI race is consuming vast digital commons (data scraping) alongside massive physical resources—gigawatts of power and millions of liters of water for cooling data centers. Securing the Summit: Once early adopters reach the top, the strategy shifts. As economist Ha-Joon Chang described with the concept of "kicking away the ladder," dominant players naturally transition from aggressive expansion to setting strict rules. The New Standards: Soon, the narrative around AI will inevitably shift heavily toward environmental compliance, strict safety protocols, and complex licensing. While sustainability and safety are undeniably crucial, they also create astronomical barriers to entry for anyone still climbing. Generative AI is a monumental leap forward. But as we navigate this "hot" phase, a critical question remains: Are we building a truly open, sustainable tech ecosystem—or are we just watching the new "captains of industry" build higher walls around the hill? I’d love to hear your thoughts. Where do you see the balance between AI innovation and resource sustainability? #ArtificialIntelligence #GenAI #TechPolicy #Sustainability #Geopolitics #Innovation #HistoryRepeats #KingOfTheHill