Jamie Metzl

And so I have a superstar agent.

She is just the best.

She's so smart.

And so I did this first draft of the book and I reached out to her and I said, I'm working on this book.

It's going to be coming pretty soon because I can't have an AI-related book and not move quickly because the world is changing.

And it's coming soon, but I have two requirements.

Number one is that for this radical transparency and accountability, I insist on having GPT-5 listed as my named co-author on the front of the book.

And number two is I don't want to wait 18 months, which is the normal start to finish time.

I want this out in about eight to nine months.

And she said, I love the idea.

If you want to do those two things, there is no possible way you can publish this with a traditional publisher.

Because it was too slow?

One is too slow, but bigger is the point that you made in your question.

all of the legal issues and whatever.

And they just, you would get stuck with the lawyers and it would take years.

And by the time it came out, it would be too late.

So I thought, you know, since 2026, we're talking about the one person unicorn billion dollar companies.

So I took a step back and thought, why don't I just start my own publishing company?

So I filed my LLC and I created a publishing company.

I hired people who were the best of people who had formerly worked for