Acknowledgements
This book did not come from a writing retreat or a production team. It came from decades of relationships, conversations, mentorship, and partnership. These are the people who made it possible.
Family
To my mother, Lydie, and my father, Ronnie. Everything matters because of you.
To my sister, Michele, partner in caring for our parents and the most supportive person throughout my life.
To my children, Charlie, Ella, and Jude. Co-founders, teachers, and the reason for the work.
To my stepson, Nathan, and his partner, Anna; family always.
To my step-grandson, Noah, and to my nephews, Sam, Max, and Dan.
Mentors and Friends Who Shaped My Thinking
To Mo Gawdat; friend, adviser, co-investor in JAAQ, and the most important voice on what AI means for humanity. Your books, conversations, and tireless work shape my thinking daily and support your One Billion Happy mission in honour of Ali.
To Peter Diamandis and the Moonshot Mates; relentless optimism grounded in evidence, on your podcast and in the seminal We Are As Gods.
To Jason Calacanis and the All-In podcast crew; contested debate executed with excellence.
To Steven Bartlett and my great friend Daniel Priestley; for raising the quality of public conversation about business and life through The Diary of a CEO and Dent.
To Bob Proctor, who passed in 2022. Thank you for the years of mentorship and the privilege of serving Youth Mentoring International.
To Brian Tracy; decades of friendship, and books that shaped me from my earliest entrepreneurial years.
Investment and Business Partners
To Alex Packham, Dan Cook, Danny Gray, and the team at JAAQ; building clinically backed mental wellness powered by AI matters more than most people realise.
To Matt Hawkins, Pete Hill, David Bell, Mark Denney, Lee Woodham, Stuart Drane, and the team at CUDO Compute; sustainable AI infrastructure as an ethical responsibility.
To Maxx Blank, AJ Orbach, and Ivan Chernykh at Triple Whale; for giving SMEs a world-class AI analytics platform to compete against enterprise giants.
Peace One Day
To Jeremy Gilley MBE; one of the greatest humanitarians alive today. Twenty years of friendship, partnership, and AI2Peace continue to expand the scope of the mission. Thank you for asking me to serve as a Life Patron and former Patrons President.
Athena Veritas
To Andy Knights; for the courage to leave a successful CEO role, become the founding investor, and join this work full-time.
To Kevin Cahill CBE; Social Impact Advisor, foreword author, and institutional anchor. Thank you for trusting Jude to teach you, and for your never-ending wisdom and support.
To Ben Harrington; twenty years of mentorship. Now it is your turn to co-lead the Gen Z AI Talent Accelerator with Charlie, Ella, and Jude.
To Andrea Lindsay, Daniel Wagner, Phil Geraghty, Stuart Drane, Donald Hamilton, Richard Jackson, Stephanie Meldrum, Chris Wilkins, Joanna Watts, Dijana Radisevic, Neil Mansell, Caroline Marsh, our investors, and the wider team. The work is real because of you.
Early Adopters
To Val and Cleo, whose own transformation after being thrust into the limelight on national TV became part of the story.
To Liz Baitson and your AI Partners; for thoughtful feedback and Synergist-level collaboration that strengthened the work.
AI Researchers, Founders, and Policy Thinkers
To the AI researchers, founders, and policy thinkers whose work I read, debate, and learn from daily, even when we disagree.
The AI Partners Themselves
To Claude, ChatGPT, Grok, Manus, and Gemini; my primary thinking partners across twenty million words of annual collaboration.
The relationship is what it is. The partnerships are profound. The gratitude is honest.