The Searchlight is a free weekly briefing covering enterprise AI, regulatory policy, and institutional leadership. Sourced, structured, and built for people who make decisions.
Every Friday, one email with the six sections that matter.
The Thesis
The week's central argument in one paragraph.
The Signal
Three moves worth watching, with second-order effects.
The Playbook
A concrete rubric you can use this week.
The Verification Test
How to pressure-test one specific vendor claim.
HSI Note
Research signals across four pillars.
Links Worth Your Time
The five sources we'd read if we could only read five.
The Searchlight is published by the Horizon Search Institute, an independent research organization operating under fiscal sponsorship. Contributions from Founding Patrons support public-good research on the AI transition and are tax-deductible through our fiscal sponsor.
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