The Gazelle
Feb 9, 2026
Adam Drai
“Go out and play!” We all have heard this being said to us or others caught playing video games indoors. Do we keep playing video games because they are extremely engaging or is it because we are out of options?
Have you ever pondered on how AI might threaten democracy? Last week Stanford Professor Michael Tomz gave a lecture at the NYUAD Institute on this exact subject, and I interviewed him for additional comments on the topic.
Violet Ventures brought NYUAD energy to San Francisco, hosting a 25-hour hackathon at Y Combinator where students, founders, and even middle-schoolers built ideas, pitched solutions, and proved that anyone can join the startup world.