Marek Kowalski
Contributing Editor
Marek Kowalski is a Contributing Editor for Business and Builders, drawing on his experience as a co-founder and CTO of a successful B2B logistics startup, which was acquired in 2021. He writes the popular "Code & Capital" column, which explores the critical, and often fraught, relationship between a company's technical architecture and its business model. Marek's writing is deeply practical, offering frameworks for non-technical founders to better understand engineering trade-offs and for technical founders to better align their product roadmap with market needs.
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Azul appoints Kenny Johnston as new Chief Product Officer
Kenny Johnston, who previously more than tripled annual revenue for Rackspace Private Cloud, has been appointed Chief Product Officer at Azul.
Aug 12, 2026 · 2 min read
AI Transforms Hiring, But The Human Touch Remains Crucial
In 2018, Amazon's AI recruiting software systematically discriminated against women.
Aug 11, 2026 · 4 min read
How to Choose Strategic Oversight for Scaling a Business Founder Guide
A team member earning a $50,000 base salary actually costs a business $62,500-$70,000 annually.
Aug 8, 2026 · 4 min read
CTOs embrace AI native engineering team building strategies
A TechInsights Report 2023 reveals 60% of CTOs believe their engineering teams lack the skills to fully leverage AI.
Aug 6, 2026 · 3 min read
Software engineers are ditching process for product
AI tools like Claude Code are increasing software engineers' productivity by at least two to three times, yet many are still bogged down by tasks like building and sustaining in-house software licensi
Aug 5, 2026 · 3 min read
Simple Energy Adopts Siemens Xcelerator for EV Engineering
Simple Energy, an electric vehicle startup, now manages its complex vehicle variants and enterprise-level bills of materials with a '150 percent BOM approach' using Siemens' cloud software.
Aug 4, 2026 · 4 min read
New CEO Playbook Balances Purpose, Profit, and Personal Brand
One Fortune 500 CEO recently spent more on personal brand consulting in a year than on their company's entire R&D budget.
Jul 31, 2026 · 4 min read
What Is AI Integration in Industrial Machinery and Why Does It Matter?
The U.S. industrial automation market is projected to grow at a staggering 9.8% Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) from 2025 to 2032, according to PS Market Research . This expansion forecasts the mar
Jul 20, 2026 · 4 min read
AI's Growing Role Shows Resilience for Software Engineers Amid Layoffs
In a year marked by record tech layoffs, with AI frequently cited as the cause, engineering roles paradoxically emerged as the most resilient job function across major tech companies.
Jul 8, 2026 · 6 min read
What is Loop Engineering and Why Does it Matter for AI?
Individual laptop-based AI agent loops can fail with the laptop, manage credentials insecurely, and lead to unmanageable automation sprawl in enterprise environments.
Jul 7, 2026 · 4 min read
California Launches AI Job Tracker Amidst Rising Automation Fears
California has launched the nation's first public dashboard to monitor potential job losses linked to artificial intelligence.
Jun 30, 2026 · 3 min read
California streaming ad law: July 1, 2026, not July 1
Despite widespread reports of an imminent July 1 enforcement, a key source indicates California's ban on excessively loud streaming ads won't take effect until July 1, 2026.
Jun 29, 2026 · 3 min read
Instagram Previews New Algorithm Customization Options
While TikTok users have been fine-tuning their feeds with a content ratio slider since 2024, Instagram is just now previewing expanded controls for its own algorithm, impacting how millions personaliz
Jun 28, 2026 · 3 min read
OpenAI restricts access to new GPT-5.6 Sol, Terra, and Luna models
The White House directly asked OpenAI to delay the public rollout of its most powerful AI models, GPT-5.
Jun 27, 2026 · 4 min read
Papermark Accuses Corgi of Stealing Open Source Software for Dataroom
A Y Combinator-backed insurtech startup, Corgi, has issued cease-and-desist letters to a rival founder and individuals commenting on social media.
Jun 27, 2026 · 4 min read
AI drives engineering job cuts, but resilience grows
The technology industry has cut over 123,000 jobs this year, with AI cited as the leading cause.
Jun 25, 2026 · 2 min read
Infosys ex-chief's new startup raises $32M to challenge IT services
Vishal Sikka, former CEO of Infosys, has launched Hang Ten Systems, a new startup that secured $32 million in seed funding and is already working with Siemens Gamesa and Fresenius.
Jun 25, 2026 · 3 min read
Superhuman acquires GPTZero AI detection startup
Just three years after its founding, AI detection startup GPTZero, with over 19 million users and $30 million in annual revenue, has been acquired by Superhuman.
Jun 24, 2026 · 2 min read
OpenAI launches Patch the Planet to fix open-source bugs
In its first week, OpenAI's new 'Patch the Planet' initiative uncovered hundreds of bugs and generated 64 pull requests across 19 open-source projects, according to TechCrunch and The Register .
Jun 23, 2026 · 3 min read
Top Traceability Software for Perishable Goods
Mid-sized dairy processors slashed recall response times from 72 hours to under 12 hours by implementing specialized traceability software, according to Document Compliance Network .
Jun 23, 2026 · 3 min read