Opinion
Sameer Sankhe
Sep 18, 2025

The real risk in playing it safe

Breakthroughs rarely emerge from cautious committees. For agencies testing AI, alignment, autonomy and acceptance of failure outweigh top-down declarations.

When he started AirBnb in 2007, instead of chasing millions of users, Brian Chesky focused on the first 20 customers.

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