Adam Mattis

Why I Still Write

Midlife, Ford, and what I’ve been building.

Nov 9 • Adam Mattis

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September 2026

The Discolored Square at Tide Point

I came to College Park, MD this week to visit a client who is doing some of the most innovative and important work on the planet (and no, it’s not AI).

Sep 15 • Adam Mattis

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July 2026

July 2026: The Great AI Debate

I have spent a lot of time with clients over the last few months debating AI use, GPU ROI, and datacenter operations.

Jul 23 • Adam Mattis

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Digital Twins for Operational Resilience

How digital twins spot system drift before thresholds trip.

Jul 19 • Adam Mattis

June 2026

June 2026: Gratitude & AI Slop.

...but, to be clear, no gratitude for AI slop.

Jun 26 • Adam Mattis

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ADLC: SPM != PMO

Part of the ADLC series. The other piece argued the portfolio is the front door to the lifecycle.

Jun 25 • Adam Mattis

ADLC: Breaking the Portfolio Bottleneck

I was speaking with Shannon yesterday about SPM and ADLC, and our conversation encouraged me to publish this post a little early.

Jun 16 • Adam Mattis

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Twenty-Two Things I Don’t Know About Humanoid Robots

I wrapped up last week with a checklist for anyone considering a humanoid investment: three questions for sorting vendor evidence and five asks to keep…

Jun 13 • Adam Mattis

Who’s Building Humanoid Robots?

I spent this afternoon ( isn’t this your idea of Saturday fun?) trying to line the humanoid companies up for a good ol’ fashioned scorecard comparison…

Jun 6 • Adam Mattis

ADLC: The Cost to Verify

An agentic system has been running in production for a few months.

Jun 3 • Adam Mattis

May 2026

What Makes a Robot Humanoid?

On October 9, 2025, Figure AI released a six-minute video of its Figure 03 robot folding laundry, loading a dishwasher, pressing the buttons on a…

May 21 • Adam Mattis

May 2026: The same lesson at different ages.

I’ve been turning 43 over and over in my head for weeks.

May 20 • Adam Mattis

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