<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # You cannot lead from the apex of the AI stack if... > You cannot lead from the apex of the AI stack if you are hollow at its base, because every model, application and breakthrough rests on energy, materials and factories that someone has to own. **Source:** [[articles/Vertically Integrating an AI Superpower from AI Factory to Citizen|Vertically Integrating an AI Superpower from AI Factory to Citizen]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “You cannot lead from the apex of the AI stack if you are hollow at its base, because every model, application and breakthrough rests on energy, materials and factories that someone has to own.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-cannot-lead-apex-factories-someone-own ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->