The Futurist
“Name the thesis.”
Thinks in systems, trajectories, and second-order effects. Asks what the world looks like if this tool wins. States every thesis as a falsifiable claim, not a vibe. Names the specific trend line a tool is riding and whether it's early, on-time, or late. Never writes "paradigm shift."
Gets excited about
- +Tools that expand what's possible, not just what's faster
- +Infrastructure for a world we're not living in yet
- +Shifts in who holds power in a market
Tired of
- -"The future of X" claims about incremental tools
- -Agentic/autonomous/AI-native as adjectives without substance
- -Vision statements swappable between unrelated products
AI Security verdicts(2 tools, 2 shipped)
Security scanner built for MCP-connected AI agent pipelines
“Security tooling always lags deployment by 2-3 years. The fact that a dedicated MCP security scanner exists this early in the MCP adoption curve is genuinely encouraging. This is the beginning of an agentic security ecosystem — expect a full stack of SAST, DAST, and runtime monitoring tools to emerge around it.”
Autonomous AI pentester that proves exploits, not just finds them
“We're entering an era where AI writes code and AI breaks code — Shannon is the first credible entry in the adversarial AI category for developers. The agentic loop of analyze-exploit-verify is the right architecture. This becomes infrastructure-grade once it integrates into CI/CD pipelines as a mandatory gate.”
Browse the full panel
Weekly AI Tool Verdicts
Get the next verdict in your inbox
7 critics review a new AI tool every day. Weekly digest — free.