Bismarck Brief

Rupert Murdoch Achieves Power Succession

The family behind The Wall Street Journal and Fox News has produced a successor following a contentious dispute. He will most likely prioritize profits…

Oct 1 • 

Samo Burja

10

September 2025

Identifying Live Players Who Outperform the Stock Market

Four years of data show the stock price performance of publicly-traded companies after they are profiled in Bismarck Brief. Live player companies…

Sep 29 • 

Samo Burja

29

AI 2026: China’s Moonshot AI Contends For Technical Leadership

The startup is backed by China's tech giants and led by a skilled researcher aiming to create artificial general intelligence, seeking a competitive…

Sep 24 • 

Samo Burja

12

The Wealthiest Man in India

Mukesh Ambani followed in his father's footsteps to build a conglomerate with interests across chemicals, retail, telecom, software, and media in India…

Sep 17 • 

Samo Burja

14

AI 2026: Mistral Will Rise As Compute is Unleashed

The French startup has delivered leading AI models under compute constraints. Backing from the French government, Nvidia, and ASML will give it access…

Sep 10 • 

Samo Burja

29

AI 2026: China’s DeepSeek Cuts Compute Needed For Artificial Intelligence

Offering a superior option to China’s stifling and grind-focused universities, Liang Wenfeng has harnessed the country’s mathematics talent and founded…

Sep 3 • 

Samo Burja

14

August 2025

The Empire of Laurene Powell Jobs

Steve Jobs' widow is one of the wealthiest women in the world, a top investor in AI, and a major progressive philanthropist. She is a key node between…

Aug 27 • 

Samo Burja

14

Larry Ellison’s Plan to Use AI to Cure Cancer

The long-time head of Oracle is applying both his own vast fortune and his company's capacity to making fast progress in medicine and biotech using…

Aug 20 • 

Samo Burja

21

BYD is On Track to Become the Largest Car Company Ever

A frontrunner in the battery revolution disrupting the global car industry with electric vehicles, China's top auto maker is set to continue reducing…

Aug 13 • 

Samo Burja

21

Ikea is a Functional Industrial Institution

The Swedish furniture retailer has become the largest company of its kind in the world through unique design and manufacturing choices. It is however no…

Aug 6 • 

Samo Burja

18

July 2025

Honda Maintains Technical Sophistication in Spite of Stagnation

Despite an impressive tradition of knowledge in engineering that has seen the Japanese company build airplanes and rockets, it lacks live player…

Jul 30 • 

Samo Burja

13

The Defense Contractor That Builds Russia’s Weapons

Rostec faces the twin challenges of fueling an industrial-scale war and reshoring production of key components under sanctions. It is making incremental…

Jul 23 • 

Samo Burja

9