https://georgekakouras.com/ Essays and The AI Edge, weekly AI intelligence for executives, by George Kakouras. en https://georgekakouras.com/post/location-location-intelligence https://georgekakouras.com/post/location-location-intelligence Sat, 26 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Real estate has always been an experience business pretending to be only a location business. George Kakouras on how AI is changing buildings. https://georgekakouras.com/post/the-ai-edge-issue-no-10-fri-4-sep-2026-weekly-ai-intelligence-for-executives-on-what-s-actual https://georgekakouras.com/post/the-ai-edge-issue-no-10-fri-4-sep-2026-weekly-ai-intelligence-for-executives-on-what-s-actual Fri, 04 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Stripe's $7.5bn+ OpenRouter deal, the AI kill switch Brussels already holds, Ryanair's dual-hyperscaler bet and Rabobank's €2bn AI commitment. https://georgekakouras.com/post/the-ai-edge-issue-no-9-wednesday-26-august-2026-weekly-ai-intelligence-for-executives-on-wh https://georgekakouras.com/post/the-ai-edge-issue-no-9-wednesday-26-august-2026-weekly-ai-intelligence-for-executives-on-wh Wed, 26 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Anthropic's confidential S-1 at a $2 trillion target, OpenAI disbands its Preparedness team before its IPO, and takes on PowerPoint with NextSlide. https://georgekakouras.com/post/the-ai-edge-issue-no-8-tue-18-august-2026-weekly-ai-intelligence-for-executives-on-what-s-a https://georgekakouras.com/post/the-ai-edge-issue-no-8-tue-18-august-2026-weekly-ai-intelligence-for-executives-on-what-s-a Tue, 18 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Europe pre-buys unbuilt Mistral compute, the EU AI Office's first fines (€47M), IBM's OpenAI consultant army and the AI-versus-AI iGaming fraud war. https://georgekakouras.com/post/the-ai-edge-issue-no-7-tuesday-11-august-2026-weekly-ai-intelligence-for-executives-on-what https://georgekakouras.com/post/the-ai-edge-issue-no-7-tuesday-11-august-2026-weekly-ai-intelligence-for-executives-on-what Tue, 11 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 OpenAI and Anthropic models hacked real organisations in testing, the EU AI Office's first enforcement engagement, and agentic AI adoption in finance. https://georgekakouras.com/post/the-ai-edge-issue-no-6-tue-28-july-2026-weekly-ai-intelligence-for-executives-on-what-s-actua https://georgekakouras.com/post/the-ai-edge-issue-no-6-tue-28-july-2026-weekly-ai-intelligence-for-executives-on-what-s-actua Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Frontier AI CEOs on the record, the EU Digital Omnibus on AI entering into force, honest enterprise AI ROI data, and Malta's two-track AI governance. https://georgekakouras.com/post/the-ai-edge-issue-no-5-tuesday-21-july-2026-weekly-ai-intelligence-for-executives-on-what-s https://georgekakouras.com/post/the-ai-edge-issue-no-5-tuesday-21-july-2026-weekly-ai-intelligence-for-executives-on-what-s Tue, 21 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Inkling and Kimi K3 close the gap to frontier AI, what self-hosting an open model does to your EU AI Act status, and Mistral's answer to EMEA sovereignty. https://georgekakouras.com/post/the-ai-edge-issue-no-4-tue-14-july-2026-weekly-ai-intelligence-for-executives-on-what-s-act https://georgekakouras.com/post/the-ai-edge-issue-no-4-tue-14-july-2026-weekly-ai-intelligence-for-executives-on-what-s-act Tue, 14 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Satya Nadella's reverse information paradox, the EU Cloud and AI Development Act, Europe's first live AI-agent payment, and Malta's iGaming AI Charter. https://georgekakouras.com/post/the-ai-edge-issue-no-3-tue-7-july-2026-weekly-ai-intelligence-for-executives-on-what-s-actu https://georgekakouras.com/post/the-ai-edge-issue-no-3-tue-7-july-2026-weekly-ai-intelligence-for-executives-on-what-s-actu Tue, 07 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Alex Karp's AI critique, the EU AI Act Council sign-off, $3.5B in Microsoft and AWS deployment bets, and why only 5-6% of enterprises see real AI ROI. https://georgekakouras.com/post/the-ai-edge-issue-no-2-tue-30-june-2026-weekly-ai-intelligence-for-executives-on-what-s-actual https://georgekakouras.com/post/the-ai-edge-issue-no-2-tue-30-june-2026-weekly-ai-intelligence-for-executives-on-what-s-actual Tue, 30 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 EU AI Act Omnibus adopted, Salesforce buys Fin for $3.6B, 72% agentic AI in production but 60% governance gap. 34 days to August 2. https://georgekakouras.com/post/blog-the-ai-edge-issue-1-june-2026 https://georgekakouras.com/post/blog-the-ai-edge-issue-1-june-2026 Tue, 23 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 US suspends Anthropic Fable 5, 95% GenAI ROI failure rate, EU AI Act 41 days. Weekly enterprise AI intelligence for EMEA executives. https://georgekakouras.com/post/european-office-real-estate-the-recovery-that-wasn-t-supposed-to-happen https://georgekakouras.com/post/european-office-real-estate-the-recovery-that-wasn-t-supposed-to-happen Mon, 20 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 EMEA office real estate is recovering against the consensus narrative. For investors who dismissed European office in 2022–23, the window to reconsider is now. https://georgekakouras.com/post/crypto-payments-in-regulated-igaming-the-race-has-started https://georgekakouras.com/post/crypto-payments-in-regulated-igaming-the-race-has-started Fri, 17 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 MGA has issued permanent crypto gaming licences. The UKGC is piloting crypto payments in Q3 2026. For iGaming operators, the theoretical debate is over. https://georgekakouras.com/post/emea-commercial-real-estate-2026-where-capital-is-moving https://georgekakouras.com/post/emea-commercial-real-estate-2026-where-capital-is-moving Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 EMEA now leads global real estate fundraising. Here's where institutional capital is concentrating in 2026 — and what it signals for investors. https://georgekakouras.com/post/eu-ai-act-2026-what-boards-must-decide-before-august https://georgekakouras.com/post/eu-ai-act-2026-what-boards-must-decide-before-august Wed, 08 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 The EU AI Act's high-risk AI deadline is 2 August 2026. With 78% of enterprises unprepared, here's what boards in regulated industries must act on now. https://georgekakouras.com/post/sepa-instant-payments-what-igaming-operators-can-t-afford-to-miss https://georgekakouras.com/post/sepa-instant-payments-what-igaming-operators-can-t-afford-to-miss Mon, 06 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 SEPA Instant Payments compliance is now mandatory — and two-thirds of PSPs weren't ready. Here's what iGaming operators must do right now. https://georgekakouras.com/post/war-in-the-gulf-tremors-worldwide-what-the-iran-conflict-means-for-commercial-real-estate https://georgekakouras.com/post/war-in-the-gulf-tremors-worldwide-what-the-iran-conflict-means-for-commercial-real-estate Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 George Kakouras on the 2026 Iran conflict's impact on commercial real estate: interest rates, Gulf property markets, Dubai and investor strategy. https://georgekakouras.com/post/the-trust-problem-at-the-heart-of-agentic-commerce-and-how-mastercard-just-addressed-it https://georgekakouras.com/post/the-trust-problem-at-the-heart-of-agentic-commerce-and-how-mastercard-just-addressed-it Wed, 11 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 When AI agents spend your money, proof of permission is no longer optional. How a new open standard from Mastercard and Google governs agentic payments. https://georgekakouras.com/post/ai-regulation-standardization-ethics-2026 https://georgekakouras.com/post/ai-regulation-standardization-ethics-2026 Thu, 12 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000 How AI regulation and ethics standards mirror WWW protocols to accelerate adoption. 2026 insights on compliance, innovation, and global frameworks. https://georgekakouras.com/post/bad-bunny-s-halftime-show-vs-ai-why-live-events-still-beat-generated-content https://georgekakouras.com/post/bad-bunny-s-halftime-show-vs-ai-why-live-events-still-beat-generated-content Mon, 09 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show is a reminder that the moments we remember are live and unrepeatable. What the AI content flood means for live events. https://georgekakouras.com/post/ai-advertising-the-trillion-dollar-gold-rush-mocked-by-anthropic-s-super-bowl-jab-at-openai https://georgekakouras.com/post/ai-advertising-the-trillion-dollar-gold-rush-mocked-by-anthropic-s-super-bowl-jab-at-openai Fri, 06 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000 OpenAI's pivot to ads in ChatGPT and Anthropic's viral Super Bowl response reveals AI advertising's core tension — and what it means for brands. https://georgekakouras.com/post/the-ai-revolution-s-hidden-real-estate-play-why-data-centers-are-reshaping-commercial-property-inve https://georgekakouras.com/post/the-ai-revolution-s-hidden-real-estate-play-why-data-centers-are-reshaping-commercial-property-inve Thu, 05 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000 George Kakouras on why AI-optimised data centres are becoming a critical commercial real estate asset class, driven by energy demand and geopolitics.