# Writing

> Notes and essays by Ali Asif on building companies by directing AI agents, written when a post is too small for a book.

- 2026-10-13 [Why I keep a daily AI log](https://heyaliasif.com/writing/2026-10-13-why-i-keep-a-daily-ai-log)
- 2026-10-13 [How I run my companies with 26 AI agents](https://heyaliasif.com/writing/2026-10-13-how-i-run-companies-with-26-ai-agents)
- 2026-10-12 [Three signals I watch in Gulf AI](https://heyaliasif.com/writing/2026-10-13-deals-three-signals-i-watch-in-gulf-ai)
- 2026-10-10 [Why I'm building an agent-native ledger](https://heyaliasif.com/writing/2026-10-13-moves-why-im-building-an-agent-native-ledger)
- 2026-10-10 [What I'm reading and watching to keep up with AI](https://heyaliasif.com/writing/2026-10-13-life-what-im-reading-and-watching-to-keep-up-with-ai)
- 2026-10-08 [Three loops: how I run my week](https://heyaliasif.com/writing/2026-10-13-moves-three-loops-how-i-run-my-week)
- 2026-10-08 [Questions founders ask me about Saudi Arabia](https://heyaliasif.com/writing/2026-10-13-conversations-questions-founders-ask-me-about-saudi-arabia)
- 2026-10-06 [Pricing power in a 25-agent company](https://heyaliasif.com/writing/2026-10-13-deals-pricing-power-in-a-25-agent-company)
- 2026-10-03 [From PwC to founder: what an auditor's brain does in a startup](https://heyaliasif.com/writing/2026-10-13-moves-from-pwc-to-founder-what-an-auditors-brain-does)
- 2026-09-29 [0 for 20-something on cold accelerators, and what finally worked](https://heyaliasif.com/writing/2026-10-13-moves-zero-for-twenty-something-on-cold-accelerators)
- 2026-09-29 [The Chicago to Riyadh corridor, as I see it from both ends](https://heyaliasif.com/writing/2026-10-13-deals-the-chicago-to-riyadh-corridor)
- 2026-09-25 [What bidding on a giga-project helideck taught me](https://heyaliasif.com/writing/2026-10-13-moves-what-bidding-on-a-giga-project-helideck-taught-me)
- 2026-09-22 [How I read a Saudi infrastructure tender like an investor](https://heyaliasif.com/writing/2026-10-13-deals-how-i-read-a-saudi-infrastructure-tender)
- 2026-09-21 [Why I came back to Saudi Arabia to build an aviation company](https://heyaliasif.com/writing/2026-10-13-moves-why-i-came-back-to-saudi-to-build)
- 2026-09-19 [A day split between Evanston and Al Khobar](https://heyaliasif.com/writing/2026-10-13-life-a-day-split-between-evanston-and-al-khobar)
- 2026-09-16 [What US funds get wrong about Saudi capital](https://heyaliasif.com/writing/2026-10-13-deals-what-us-funds-get-wrong-about-saudi-capital)

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