Every major tech wave from the internet to AI follows the same pattern: initial awe mixed with anxiety, then disruption that creates new opportunities. A Google partner who has watched these cycles repeat says the uncertainty feels unprecedented but isn't.
Disruption creates new opportunities. Now, this kind of uncertainty feels new, but if you zoom out, we've actually seen technology revolutions play out before. In my years in Silicon Valley, including as a top global partner for Google and as a technology customer myself, I saw every major tech wave provoke the same mix of awe, and anxiety. We saw it at the dawn of the internet, during the dot-com era, through the rise of mobile, and with cloud data and automation.
