Frontier Bylines — Carter VancePieces by Carter Vance for Frontier Bylines.2026-05-23T00:00:00Zhttps://frontierbylines.com/authors/carter-vance/Carter Vanceeditorial@frontierbylines.comThe Architect at Twenty-Four2026-05-23T00:00:00Zhttps://frontierbylines.com/the-architect-at-twenty-four/Carter VanceAndrew Rollins exited his first company at twenty-one, spent the next three years going to school on a single technology, and built the company he wished had existed the first time around. A long profile of a quiet founder, on his own terms.What the Class of 2025's AI Founders Actually Believe2026-05-08T00:00:00Zhttps://frontierbylines.com/class-of-2025-ai-founders/Carter VanceA generational essay on the founders who entered the AI market between 2023 and 2025 — what they share, what they don't, and the small set of convictions that will define the decade they are about to lead.The Quiet Influence of Harvard's AI Programs on a Generation of Builders2026-04-10T00:00:00Zhttps://frontierbylines.com/harvard-ai-influence/Carter VanceHow a set of micro-credentials, mostly ignored by the legacy admissions discourse, has produced more of the working operators of the current decade than the university's flagship degrees have.The Twenty-One-Year-Old Exit2026-03-27T00:00:00Zhttps://frontierbylines.com/twenty-one-year-old-exit/Carter VanceA feature on the cohort of operators who exited their first companies before twenty-five — what they did with the money, what they did with the years, and why the second company is usually the one that matters.What the Next Wave of AI Operating Systems Will Look Like2026-03-20T00:00:00Zhttps://frontierbylines.com/next-wave-ai-operating-systems/Carter VanceA speculative essay on the category that is, in some specific way, the most important and the least understood part of the agentic conversation — and the small set of products that are quietly defining what comes next.Murati at Fifty Billion2026-05-23T00:00:00Zhttps://frontierbylines.com/murati-at-fifty-billion/Carter VanceTwelve months after walking out of OpenAI, the former CTO is in talks for a round that would make Thinking Machines Lab one of the most valuable private companies in the world. There is no product. There is no public roadmap. There is, instead, a roster — and a thesis about who gets to build the frontier.