The main stage of the Global Tech Summit was less a platform and more an altar to innovation. Thousands of eyes—investors, journalists, rivals, disciples—were fixed upon it, a sea of silent judgment in the cavernous auditorium. The air itself felt compressed, charged with the electric potential of billions of dollars and the future of an entire industry.
Liam and Stella walked into the spotlight looking like the golden couple of tech. He, in a dark, tailored suit that couldn't quite hide the frantic tension in his shoulders. She, in a sharp, white power dress, a smug smile plastered on her face as if she had already won. They were the closing keynote, the grand finale. The unveiling of ‘Prometheus,’ the AI they claimed would change the world.
From my seat in the front row, beside Victor,
