I never really believed in New Year’s Resolutions. However, last year I did make some and kept reminding myself about them every month, and it actually worked pretty well. Because of that I read over 50 books this year and I spent 6-7 weeks sailing on my boat (mostly offshore). So I decided to make some new resolutions for the coming year and will send them to myself as a reminder every month. Most are personal (related to health, sports and friends/family) and I won’t write about them publicly. But some are business related so I share them here, so friends know what I will change and focus on this year.
Focus on AI
My main ‘public’ resolution is that I plan to focus almost completely on AI in 2026. Over the past year I already spent a lot of time on AI, but I feel I keep falling behind. Everything goes so fast that you need to do it almost full-time. New LLMs come out every day, there are new vibe coding packages all the time and I can’t count the number opf agentic AI tools that I come across every week. I want to try all the latest software and tools and understand what is possible, and how they could impact our lives and my investments.
Vibe coding and AI video
My initial focus will be on vibe coding and on creating videos. I have only dipped my toe into the vibe coding waters so far, but I want to become an expert in 2026, for example to create my own personalised software and to automate more things in my life. I also want to understand better how I can create videos, not just funny personal ones like you see them all over YouTube and TikTok, but also videos based on stories that I write. I believe in a few years most long-form video will be created in AI, after starting off with online video 20 years ago I would like to see if I can be part of that.
I will likely start with vibe coding videos on DeepLearning.AI and then I will do some of the online Stanford AI courses that are available on YouTube. But for Stanford I will likely have to start with refreshing my math skills (calculus and linear algebra), so that I can really understand what’s going on under the neural networks hood. I look forward to this deep dive, but also to keeping up to date with the latest trends in AI. I think it will help me to become a better investor in the space as well.
My equity portfolio
With regards to public equity investing, I now have my portfolio in place for the next couple of years. My main public investments consist of GOOG, GLXY, IBIT, BSOL, BMNR, and of course TSLA. My resolution is not to make many changes to it, unless something big happens that requires an adjustment. Or unless my AI knowledge will give me new insights into what the world will look like in 2-3 years. For now I think this portfolio is pretty much future-proof, so I will have more time to spend on AI.
Stepping down from my businesses
The last big resolution is that I will step down from most of the companies that I am involved in, although I will keep advisory roles. This process I already started in 2025, and this wil free up more time for AI and for personal endeavours. It doesn’t mean I won’t start new businesses anymore in the future, but if I would start a new business it will likely be a business run on AI.
I look forward to the new year ahead, I wish you all a happy 2026!