While the US EV market fell over 20% year over year in Q2, Rivian delivered 12,194 vehicles, up 14%, beat its own guidance, and raised full year targets to 65,000 to 70,000. Its commercial van outsold all major rivals combined by nearly 70%.

Based on experience managing the BT Alliance for MCI, my advice for Verizon-BT international JV. The global connectivity landscape no longer favors the legacy infrastructure bottlenecks of the past. Today, enterprise connectivity is won on software-defined agility. A swarm of well-funded, digital-native disruptors from API-driven NaaS platforms to multi-cloud orchestrators are already delivering the AI-optimized, frictionless experiences that modern multinationals demand. As VZ and BT spend the next year navigating the notoriously difficult governance and integration of a 50:50 structure as well as obtaining the necessary regulatory clearances, these agile competitors will be actively exploiting that distraction window. The new VZ-BT JV must immediately prove it can deliver cutting-edge enterprise flexibility, or risk becoming a massive, slow-moving target for new players who are already miles down the road.

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There's a point where secrecy stops protecting you and starts working against you. Every day you stay hidden, someone else is building a new app, AI, growing a community, generating PR, and taking your market share. The bigger the problem you're solving, the more likely someone somewhere is working on the same problem.