The Fenced Frontier
Meta fences its frontier, NVIDIA buys the estate, and frontier labs start looking like strategic installations
Independent thinking. Practical AI.
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Podcasts, experiments and tools from Tech Back CTRL.
The thinking
Conversations and briefings on AI, emerging technology and what they mean for the individual.
From Week Signal
Meta fences its frontier, NVIDIA buys the estate, and frontier labs start looking like strategic installations
722 math manuscripts from an unreleased model — peer review can't absorb the volume, and the frontier drifts further from public hands.
Stripe bought the AI model routing layer for seven billion dollars — and the infrastructure stack for the agentic economy is being assembled under a shrinking number of players.
From ideas to practice
Explore the apps and experiments taking shape around the TechBackCTRL mission.
Explore & experiment
A place to try AI models and explore what you can make with them.
Explore the PlaygroundAI on your phone
The Android project bringing the TechBackCTRL approach to mobile AI.
See what’s plannedYour personal workspace
A personal AI workspace built around your context, tools and choices.
See what’s plannedComing next / CTRL OS
We’re building towards a personal AI workspace that grows around you: your knowledge, the way you work, and the tools you choose.
CTRL OS is the next step for TechBackCTRL. Follow the direction as it develops.
The idea behind CTRL OSWhy TechBackCTRL exists