Kunal Chopra
Three-time CEO · Board chairman
Writing
Columns & notes
Columns and working notes published on other platforms — Forbes, LinkedIn, and Boring AI. Each opens on its original source, so those links leave this site. Essays and the playbook are on the Essays page; podcasts and video are on the Speaking & Media page.
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- AI makes bookkeeping cheap for tiny firms, but credit follows records someone can verifyTwo studies of informal markets, the line between hard and soft information, and the verification layer that decides who gets credit.Supply-chain intelligence · AI and industrial transformationBoring AI
- When nobody has done the job before, hire for learning speed, not experienceWhat the selection research says a résumé actually predicts, why that number goes to zero in an AI-native company, and how to structure a hire as a bet you can settle quickly.Company building · Leadership through changeBoring AI
- AI takes the hardest jobs firstChicago Booth's Capitalisn't conversation with Luis Garicano on why messy work outlasts hard work, explained as a dairy farm with a milking robot.AI and industrial transformation · Leadership through changeBoring AI
- The world has a budget for AI questionsChicago Booth research on the finite number of questions AI can answer, explained as a freight plane's payload sheet.AI and industrial transformation · Supply-chain intelligenceBoring AI
- AI trains faster when it copies a human flawChicago Booth research on why expensive AI training works, explained as an apprentice electrician.AI and industrial transformation · Company buildingBoring AI
- The one dark houseA Chicago Booth study on parents and AI, explained as a street after a storm.AI and industrial transformation · Leadership through changeBoring AI
- The cookie testFour Chicago Booth supply-chain experts, explained as a school bake sale.Supply-chain intelligence · Compliance intelligenceBoring AI
- A thesis I would run if I were on the PE side: build a bench of exclusive partnerships before you close, not after.Most firms treat vendor selection as a portfolio company problem. The ones running this well treat it as a platform capability, built once at the firm level and deployed repeatedly.Company buildingLinkedIn
- Hallucinations: Why You Might Be Using The Wrong Kind Of AIGenerative and deterministic AI are built for different work. In regulated environments, a system that can fabricate a plausible answer is the wrong kind of system.AI and industrial transformation · Compliance intelligenceForbes Technology Council
- Compliance used to be a once-a-year problem.Manual effort climbs in a straight line; automated effort stays nearly flat as volume grows. The gap between those two lines is where the pressure is building for every manufacturer.Compliance intelligenceLinkedIn
- If your AI compliance platform can hallucinate, it shouldn't be your AI compliance platform.A confidently wrong answer in compliance isn't a UX issue — it's a detained shipment, a failed audit, a regulatory penalty.Compliance intelligence · AI and industrial transformationLinkedIn
- AI features and AI-native are not the same thing.Systems where AI does the work, not just assists with it.AI and industrial transformationLinkedIn
- Why I'm Writing About AI for Boring BusinessesThe biggest AI opportunity isn't in tech.AI and industrial transformation · Company buildingBoring AI
- What Target Is Doing Right in the Pandemic-Era E-Commerce RaceSupply-chain intelligenceForbes Technology Council
- Key Considerations When Selling Your Amazon FBA BusinessCompany buildingForbes Technology Council
- Why an Integrated Supply Chain Is Essential for Scaling E-CommerceA perspective on the operating foundation required to scale.Supply-chain intelligenceForbes Technology Council
- Five Steps for Preparing Your Brand to Sell on AmazonSupply-chain intelligence · Company buildingForbes Technology Council