Danny Zuckerman
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Danny Zuckerman

A grid visualization showing activity over time Menlo Park SF NYC NYC
1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 2025

Things I've built, written, and read — often orbiting how people work together and who technology serves.

Writing

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  • essay Oct 2026 Capitalism for AI Safety Five ways to make AI safety pay: liability for preventable harm, safety certification tied to tax breaks and contracts, power-law prizes, retention grants and safety-linked markets.
  • essay Oct 2026 As Agents Aggregate, Can the Trades Own Their Front Door? AI agents can book any tradesperson with a web presence, no sign-up needed, which could turn the trades into gig workers the way platforms turned publishers into interchangeable suppliers. The way out is a booking channel the trades own together, like realtors' MLS, and agents have made one cheap to build and easy to fill.
  • essay Sep 2026 Which Model is All the Way Down? Multi-model workflows, specialized models like Jev, and enterprises owning their intelligence all cut against everything collapsing into one lab's OS. So where does AI value live?

Projects

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  • Aug 2026 Sous
  • Aug 2026 Taste Agent
  • May 2026 Abuzz
    MEM · LIVE C A ◇ ⌘K CITE
  • Mar 2026 OpenClaw Personal Agent

Reading

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  • Great Theo of Golden
  • Good Lights On
  • Good The Corrections
  • Great The Infinity Machine
  • Wall of Fame The Rigor of Angels
  • Great Too Big to Fail
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