$17T needs a home. Build something it can live in.
Trump resets the AI race, copyright meets its match, and your Rich Future gets local.
This week’s brief is different.
Normally I cover 5-10 quick-hitting insights across AI, finance, and the future of work. Signals to help you build your Rich Future.
So when something significant happens in the news, when a sitting U.S. President lays out an entire AI doctrine that affects freedom, infrastructure, IP, procurement, and power…
We pause.
We slow down.
We read between the lines.
This is one of those weeks.
And before we dive into the brief, I want to catch new readers up and share a few shifts happening behind the scenes.
If you’re new here, welcome!
As of this week, about 40% of the current Rich Future audience is crossover from my other business, about 10% comes from my personal network, and 50% of you are completely new… thanks in part to a recent viral post on how I’d spend $100M if I were Substack.
Whether you came for future-of-work strategy or finally realized you value financial freedom today more than a 40-year retirement plan that may never pay out… you’re in good company.
Rich Future™ is for smart builders, founders, and creators who want to build smarter money by leveraging emerging tech and opportunities in a rapidly evolving economy.
If there’s one thing I’m good at, it’s helping people make money.
When I left my high-profile finance job in 2023 after managing $100M in global cash flow, I entered a chapter of experimentation.
Business consulting, launching products, building courses, and laying the foundation for what comes next.
That next chapter is here.
I’m retiring the business mentor identity and stepping fully into my role as a media operator.
Since day 1, the Rich Future vision has always been for it to become more than a newsletter. Now, it’s a fast-growing media brand with legs to shape real-time conversations around wealth, influence, and technology in the new economy.
To solidify the shift —
RF courses, including “Future-Proof Investing”, are on pause indefinitely. Some of this content is being folded into the paid tier already. (more here)
The paid tier will evolve to include some of my investment theses, a new founder interview series, and tangible frameworks to help you build your Rich Future.
RF Podcast is coming soon
RF Merch is coming soon
IRL experiences are coming soon
I know that SO many of you are craving in-person experiences to connect and network with like-minded peers, so I will be facilitating some events to support the ecosystem we’re building.
Two things already in motion:
1. Rich Future Money Walk (monthly, community-building)
For those local to Arizona, this is a casual high-signal meetup for conversation, idea-sharing, and movement. A few of you have already raised your hand to attend these and it’s clear there’s demand to grow this into something more consistent.
2. Rich Future Founders Dinner (annual, first coming Oct/Nov)
This will be an invite-only evening for 7- and 8-figure founders and investors who want to future-proof their capital, brands, and networks — over a great meal, of course. Scottsdale, fall 2025.
If you’re interested in either, you’ll need to add your name to the lists below. Over the past two weeks, I’ve received a flood of emails and DMs so I’m no longer tracking names manually.
→ Rich Future Money Walks - [interest list]
→ Rich Future Founders Dinner - [interest list]
Thank you for trusting this vision, letting me build in public, and being early to something I believe will be very big.
Behind-the-scenes, these decisions have already created space for major abundance to flow — thanks in part to ChatGPT funneling sales to my other business.
But more importantly, this new direction feels aligned, scalable, and creatively energizing.
Now, let’s break down what just happened in Washington this week.
The speech that reset the AI race.
Below, I’m breaking down six underreported signals from Trump’s recent remarks on AI through the lens of leverage, opportunity, and power.
Keep in mind, these are not political takes. I’m writing for the smart builder who values early signal and future-proof wealth.
