He’d run the models. It was a new regime. A new start. A new opportunity. His AIs had generated the simulations over the previous weeks since the election. They’d identified the implications and the prospects. Of course the models were being updated live and it all could change when the first Executive Orders were signed but the signs were clear, the strategy settled. Now it would be a different job: managing the auction. If his brand was to get a department or at least a presence in an initiative, his bidding AI needed to be ready. He felt very alone.