# Castor

Source: https://abcastor.com/

23 Aug 2026 · castor, ai

## Why Castor
https://abcastor.com/writing/why-castor/

What stays ours, and how we plan to find out

Ask someone who uses AI at work which jobs they give it, and they can tell you
at once. The first draft of an email, yes; the reply to their boss, no. *The
code* for a chart, yes; what the chart should show, no. The list grows one
surprise at a time.

Some of the surprises are pleasant: a job you were sure it would botch comes
back done, and better than you would have done it. Others are not: something a
child could do comes back wrong. Researchers who watched 758 consultants work
with and without AI called the ragged line between the two the *jagged
frontier*, the edge of what these tools do well. [Note 1][L1] [Continue
reading][L2]

[L1]: https://abcastor.com/writing/why-castor/#fn-1
[L2]: https://abcastor.com/writing/why-castor/

7 Oct 2026 · startups, innovation, history

## On innovation, giants, and skunks
https://abcastor.com/writing/skunk-and-beaver/

Why big companies get better at everything except the next thing. [Read the
piece][L3]

[L3]: https://abcastor.com/writing/skunk-and-beaver/

6 Oct 2026 · startups, strategy

## Startup decelerator
https://abcastor.com/writing/startup-decelerator/

How to keep moving when you don't know yet where you're going. [Read the
piece][L4]

[L4]: https://abcastor.com/writing/startup-decelerator/

26 Sept 2026 · values, castor

## The myth of values as a competitive advantage
https://abcastor.com/writing/values-as-advantage/

Values decay once nobody is paying to keep them, so we write ours down with
dates and say what would prove them an advantage rather than a nice
justification. [More][L5]

[L5]: https://abcastor.com/writing/values-as-advantage/