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From Manpower to Mind Power: An AI Investor’s Manifesto

From Manpower to Mind Power: An AI Investor’s Manifesto

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Matt McDonagh
Jul 12, 2025
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The glass and concrete canyons of Midtown Manhattan don’t just look different than they did fifteen years ago; they feel different. They vibrate with a new kind of light, a new velocity. I should know. I used to play the old game, and now, I have the profound privilege of scouting and sponsoring the dawn of a new one.

Back in my investment banking days, power was a game of mass. It was manpower. The firm with the biggest army of analysts, the most VPs on a pitch book, that was the titan.

We were the human capital that fueled the engine of Wall Street, organized in vast bullpens, convinced that scale was synonymous with strength. Look at all those suits. We had an entire army clad in Italian wool. There was no way we could lose.

Today, from my family office in the West Village of New York, I am betting my family’s future on a radically different and infinitely more exciting truth. It’s a principle that powers every investment I make. The old adage was, "The amount of manpower you contro…

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