Investing in Real Businesses.
Optimizing with AI.

Greetings from the technological Stone Age of 2025! I hope you're enjoying your flying car and those neural implants everyone's talking about. Meanwhile, I'm still trying to get my smart fridge to stop ordering milk every time I open the door.

I'm writing to you from a time when ChatGPT is still considered "cutting edge" and people are just beginning to realize that AI isn't going to replace us all – it's just going to make the people who use it properly a whole lot richer. Speaking of which... how's that bank account looking? Not great? Yeah, I figured.

Remember that day back in early 2025 when I stumbled across Hyde Partners? You know, that investment firm with the brilliant model of acquiring human-centered businesses and enhancing them with AI without replacing the workforce? The one with that sleek website talking about "Investing in Real Businesses. Optimizing with AI." Yeah, THAT one.

Well, Future Me, I hope you're sitting down (or floating, or whatever people do in 2030). Because I have a confession: I scrolled right past it. Yep, in my infinite wisdom, I decided, "Nah, that's probably just another tech bubble thing. I'll stick with my tried-and-true investment in *checks notes* physical DVDs and flip phone repair kits."

How's that working out for us?

With equal parts regret and hope for your future,

Your Technologically Challenged Past Self

P.S. If Hyde Partners has gone on to become the next Apple/Amazon/Google hybrid, and this letter is now a famous example of "worst investment decisions in history," I sincerely apologize for the public humiliation. But hey, at least you're famous for something!