Rupert Simpson

Rupert SimpsonJun 16, 2026

SpaceX acquiring Cursor isn’t just another tech acquisition. It’s a signal of where the market is heading. For years, companies invested in infrastructure, data, and AI models. Now, the battleground is shifting to the interface layer - the tools people use every day to get work done. Cursor sits at the center of one of the most important workflows in the world: software development. The companies that own the developer experience will have a unique advantage in shaping how the next generation of products is built. What’s fascinating is that we’re watching the lines between aerospace, AI, and software disappear. The most valuable organizations of the future won’t fit neatly into a single category - they’ll combine world-class engineering, AI capabilities, and distribution. #AI #SpaceX #Cursor #Technology #Innovation #SoftwareDevelopment #FutureOfWork

Rupert SimpsonJul 6, 2026

Taiwanese chip supplier Unimicron Technology is reportedly looking to raise up to $1.4B through a global depositary share offering. Unimicron is selling 50 million shares at $26 each, a discount on its closing price on Monday The company plans to use the proceeds to procure raw materials in foreign currencies Unimicron shares ⁠have surged 317% year-to-date. It makes printed circuit boards ​and chip substrates, parts used to connect ​and support ⁠chips in electronic devices. #AI #investment #tech #technology #innovation #nvidia #apple #chips

Rupert SimpsonAug 26, 2026

You've rehearsed a conversation on the commute. Outside the meeting room. Lying awake at 2am the night before. That's practice - just the worst possible version of it. No feedback, no resistance, and the imaginary other person always says exactly what you need them to say. Then the real conversation starts, and none of it survives contact. This is the gap nobody trains for. We hand people a module, a quiz, a certificate - knowing what to do - and then send them into the moment that needs the other thing entirely: being able to do it. Nobody ever learned to drive by watching a video about driving. I've been trying Roleplay Sessions, Synthesia’s new practice product, in partnership with their team. It's the first thing I've seen built for the second half of that gap. This AI has been adopted by 90% of the Fortune 100 companies. You have a real conversation with an AI Avatar. It responds. It pushes back. It asks the question you were hoping it wouldn't. Then it coaches you - and this is the part I didn't expect - as a conversation, not a scorecard. You can ask why something landed badly. You can push back on the answer. You can ask what you should have said instead, then go straight back in and try that version. Again. And again. At your own pace, with nobody watching you be bad at it the first four times. That last part might be the whole thing. Practice only works when it's safe to get it wrong first. Athletes train this way. Pilots train this way. Musicians train this way. Somewhere along the line, offices decided that reading about it was enough. What's the one conversation you'd want ten rehearsals of before having it for real? Created in partnership with Synthesia. #ad