Our relationship with AI development and innovation

Introduction to AI and the 99%

Artificial intelligence is the most significant technological shift since the internet—possibly since electricity. It will eliminate jobs, create new ones, concentrate wealth in new ways, and redistribute power across industries. The 99% has historically been on the losing side of technological transitions. MEEK exists to ensure this time is different. We're building infrastructure that positions our community to benefit from AI, not be displaced by it.

How AI concentrates wealth by default

AI development is expensive. Training models requires massive compute. The companies that can afford it—OpenAI, Google, Meta, Anthropic—will capture most of the value. Without intervention, AI will accelerate wealth concentration. The 1% owns the companies building AI. The 99% will use AI products and pay for them. MEEK's role is to help our community capture value on the ownership side, not just the consumption side.

• AI infrastructure costs billions. Only the largest companies can compete at the frontier.
• Productivity gains from AI flow primarily to capital owners, not workers.
• Job displacement will hit the 99% hardest and fastest.
• Early positioning in AI-adjacent opportunities is critical for the next decade.

This isn't doom-saying—it's pattern recognition. Every major technological shift has concentrated wealth initially before distributing benefits more broadly. The question is whether the 99% waits for eventual distribution or positions itself to capture value during the concentration phase. MEEK chooses positioning.

This isn't doom-saying—it's pattern recognition. Every major technological shift has concentrated wealth initially before distributing benefits more broadly. The question is whether the 99% waits for eventual distribution or positions itself to capture value during the concentration phase. MEEK chooses positioning.

MEEK's approach to AI-era opportunity

MEEK's treasury can fund ventures that leverage AI without requiring members to become AI engineers. Service businesses that use AI tools. Content operations that scale with AI assistance. Automation plays that make small teams competitive with large ones. The opportunities are everywhere for those positioned to seize them. MEEK provides the capital and coordination to act.

"AI will make some people very rich and many people obsolete. MEEK exists to ensure our community is in the first group, not the second. This isn't about fear, it's about positioning."

The smartest approach to AI isn't to fight it or ignore it—it's to use it. AI tools are available to everyone. The 99% can access the same models as corporations. What we've lacked is capital to deploy AI-enhanced strategies at scale. That's changing. Every MEEK-funded venture benefits from the AI tools available today and positions for those coming tomorrow.

Building AI-resilient businesses

Not every business is equally exposed to AI disruption. MEEK prioritizes funding ventures that are AI-resilient or AI-enhanced. Businesses that require human judgment, local presence, trust relationships, or physical services have natural moats against AI replacement. Businesses that can leverage AI to scale without proportional cost increases have compounding advantages. These are the plays MEEK looks for.

• Local service businesses with relationship components resist AI displacement.
• Content and media operations can scale dramatically with AI assistance.
• Businesses requiring physical presence have natural moats.
• First-mover advantage in AI-enhanced niches compounds over time.

The leverage AI gives small teams

AI is the great equalizer in one crucial way: it lets small teams compete with large ones. A five-person operation with the right AI tools can produce output that previously required fifty. MEEK-funded ventures can stay lean while scaling impact. This is new. This is powerful. And it favours agile communities over slow corporations.

Positioning for the next decade

The next ten years will be defined by AI more than any other force. MEEK's job is to ensure our community is positioned correctly. That means funding the right ventures, educating members on opportunities, and building capital reserves that can deploy quickly when windows open. The 99% doesn't have to be left behind. But we have to be intentional. MEEK is how we're intentional together.