Risky Business · Wednesday, July 29, 2026
Pete Ranks, Chief Strategy Officer at Gravity, commented on the perceived unpredictability of US AI policy. He contrasted the current situation with a few years prior, referencing a sensible executive order from the Biden administration that was later rescinded.
“Yeah, I mean, it really does feel like the policy in the United States, just generally, is, you know, pretty unpredictable.”
“At the moment, I mean, it's hard to imagine that just a few years ago, you had Ben Bernanke, uh, who wrote the book as a policy advisor in the White House under the Biden administration, you know, a fairly sensible executive order there that was rescinded by Trump, and just here we are, right?”
“Yeah, I mean, one, I do agree, I think hardware controls are one of the stronger levers that, that the West has.”