https://johndiener.com/Recent content on John DienerHugoen-usWed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://johndiener.com/writing/the-ai-native-company/Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://johndiener.com/writing/the-ai-native-company/<p>Start with a claim. The firm is being rebuilt around intelligence, and most companies have not noticed because the rebuild does not look like a rebuild. It looks like a series of small tool adoptions.</p> <h2 id="bolting-on-versus-building-from">Bolting on versus building from</h2> <p>A bolt-on treats AI as a faster way to do the work the company already does. The org chart is unchanged. The decision rights are unchanged. The work is unchanged. Only the speed moves.</p>https://johndiener.com/about/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://johndiener.com/about/<p>I&rsquo;m the co-founder and CEO of Vertical Oceans, an AI-native aquaculture company.</p> <p>I write here about what it means to build a company that is native to intelligence rather than retrofitted for it, and occasionally about the specifics of what we&rsquo;re building.</p> <p>Reach me on <a href="https://linkedin.com">LinkedIn</a>.</p>https://johndiener.com/elsewhere/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://johndiener.com/elsewhere/<p>Conversations and appearances published outside this site.</p>