<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # A nation cannot lead from the apex of the AI stack... > A nation cannot lead from the apex of the AI stack with a hollow industrial 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 ``` “A nation cannot lead from the apex of the AI stack with a hollow industrial 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-nation-cannot-lead-factories-someone-own ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->