We’re living through one of those quiet turning points in technology. The AI we use every day feels magical-almost alive-but most of it actually lives far away, in massive server farms owned by a handful of companies. Every question we ask, every image we generate, every conversation we have travels out to those distant machines, gets processed, and comes back. It’s convenient, undeniably powerful, and yet something fundamental feels off.

Lado Okhotnikov, who founded the biotech-focused platform Holiverse, puts it plainly: “We’ve mistaken centralisation for progress. We created these extraordinary minds, handed them our data, and in return gave away a piece of our autonomy.” He believes the next chapter isn’t about bigger clouds-it’s about bringing intelligence home.