Abhishek Krishna ยท WritingsEssays by Abhishek Krishna on IP economics, AI licensing, post-AGI creativity, human data rights, music as system, and the operator's craft.https://abhishekkrishna.com/en-usThe missing ingredienthttps://abhishekkrishna.com/writings/the-missing-ingredient/https://abhishekkrishna.com/writings/the-missing-ingredient/A ramen shop in Kamakura, the lawsuits no one wanted to pay for, and why AI's data problem is a procurement problem the law was never meant to solve.Thu, 23 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTOpen the rails, or you don't have railshttps://abhishekkrishna.com/writings/open-the-rails/https://abhishekkrishna.com/writings/open-the-rails/Infrastructure makes itself replaceable on purpose. If the spec is in your private repo, the only people building on you are you. Notes from the IPTO open-source push.Sat, 06 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe lab is the spechttps://abhishekkrishna.com/writings/the-lab-is-the-spec/https://abhishekkrishna.com/writings/the-lab-is-the-spec/Shipping an interactive simulator is the new pitch deck. Whatever the lab computes is what the system claims. The discipline is wiring the lab to the same engine production runs.Sat, 06 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe operator's other handhttps://abhishekkrishna.com/writings/the-operators-other-hand/https://abhishekkrishna.com/writings/the-operators-other-hand/An operator used to manage two principals: themselves and the humans they hired. A third has arrived. The new craft is interface design between you, your team, and your agents.Sat, 06 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTLicensing is the missing markethttps://abhishekkrishna.com/writings/licensing-is-the-missing-market/https://abhishekkrishna.com/writings/licensing-is-the-missing-market/AI didn't break copyright. It revealed that the real-time, machine-readable licensing market never existed.Wed, 22 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTData is property, not privacyhttps://abhishekkrishna.com/writings/data-is-property-not-privacy/https://abhishekkrishna.com/writings/data-is-property-not-privacy/Privacy law is the wrong layer. Personal data needs the legal grammar of property: ownership, transfer, consent, royalty.Wed, 08 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTAfter AGI, taste is the only moathttps://abhishekkrishna.com/writings/taste-is-the-only-moat/https://abhishekkrishna.com/writings/taste-is-the-only-moat/When generation is free, the scarce inputs are taste, provenance, and intent.Wed, 18 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTEvery track is a tiny operating systemhttps://abhishekkrishna.com/writings/music-is-software/https://abhishekkrishna.com/writings/music-is-software/Composition is design under the deepest constraint a builder can take on: time you can't pause.Thu, 26 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTDecks lie. Unit economics don't.https://abhishekkrishna.com/writings/the-operator-frame/https://abhishekkrishna.com/writings/the-operator-frame/Fifteen years of building between India, Japan, the Gulf, and the US. The only artifact that ages well is the P&L.Thu, 29 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT