It was in a Waymo ride in San Francisco at the 2025 TechCrunch Disrupt Conference that we knew clear as day that Q2 Systems had to bet on autonomous systems.
The African Business Conference at the Stephen M. Ross School of Business brought together students, founders, professionals, and builders from across disciplines and geographies โ all in one room, thinking seriously about Africa, diaspora, and what comes next.
LinkedIn did something new this year: it gave us a recap. When I first saw it, my immediate reaction was that it was cheesy. And then I clicked through it anyway. And I found myself pleasantly surprised.
While I was talking through the game with one of my mentors and the co-chair of my company, Leo, I started describing the characters and the environment I was imagining. At some point, the conversation paused, and he said that what I was describing felt very Avatar.