★ A weekly newsletter for the 50+ crowd No jargon · No gatekeeping · Real receipts
// by Annette Thompson
Yes, this means you.
Issue 01 is live Est. 2026 · written in real time

You're not too old for AI. You're early.

I'm Annette. I founded a tech company in 1995, raised seven kids, ran orphanages on three continents, and at 57 I'm building real things with AI, out loud, mistakes and all. Pull up a chair and learn it with me.

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[ Photo of Annette
at her desk ]
"It took me 90 seconds to draft something that used to take a week."
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02
May 02 · 8 min read

How I got started with AI at 54

Not a tutorial. The honest story of the week I decided the train had not, in fact, left without me.

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May 15 · 7 min read

I got 226 biomarkers tested at a Safeway

What a longevity panel and an AI research assistant taught me about reading my own labs.

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Why listen to me

I've started over before. This is just the newest one.

1995
Founded a tech company, back when "the internet" needed explaining
7
Kids raised. Patience is a transferable skill.
3
Continents where I built and ran organizations
65k
Members in the community I help run today
57
And shipping real software with AI, right now
They kept telling me AI was for young people. They were wrong.
— Annette, in Issue 01