Infrastructure Catalyst Issue #7 | February 24, 2026 In February, Anthropic and Cerebral Valley hosted Built with Opus 4.6, a global virtual hackathon marking one year since Claude Code launched. Over 13,000 people applied for 500 spots, putting the acceptance rate under 4%, roughly on par with Y Combinator.
Infrastructure Catalyst Issue #6 | February 09, 2026 In 2025, engineering firms turned down work because they couldn't find enough civil engineers. That same year, tech companies laid off 245,000 people. One profession has a labor shortage. The other has a job shortage. The difference matters. The numbers
ChatGPT's market share dropped 22 points in 12 months. I switched to Claude a year ago and haven't looked back. Here's what shifted in 2025 and why it matters for infrastructure PMs.
Infrastructure Catalyst Issue #4 | January 15, 2026 What if the most dangerous work on your jobsite—welding at height, structural inspections, elevated installations—didn't require a human on the lift? JLG's robotic boom lift does exactly that. It won CES 2026 Best of Innovation. CES (Consumer
Infrastructure Catalyst Issue #3 | December 29, 2025 This is my last newsletter of 2025. It's also only my third, ever. Building the habit of documenting what I learn has been slower than I planned, but with how fast AI is moving and what it could mean for infrastructure,
Infrastructure Catalyst Issue #2 | December 22, 2025 💡TL;DR: AECOM's $390M year-end acquisition rewrote the rules for A&E firms, the market is splitting into AI-native vs everyone else, and 2026 separates winners from commodity players. Read Time: 3 minutes. Welcome, infrastructure Professionals. You're in
Infrastructure Catalyst Issue #1 | December 08, 2025 📖TL;DR: Turn meeting notes into tracked tasks, auto-file attachments, Excel vs Power BI, and 5 conferences to watch. Read Time: 4 minutes. Welcome, infrastructure professionals. You manage water, roads, bridges, and public works. You're here for systems that save time,
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