Length8h 10m
About this audiobook
$106 Billion Gift? He gave it all to a new Endowment: thirteen vast organic sanctuaries devoted to the pure happiness of lost and homeless pets, their families, and adopters, funded in perpetuity.
His Wealth: He solved the AI alignment problem in hardware, removing the risk of human extinction. It became the global standard, from smartwatches to data centers, making him one of the wealthiest alive. At retirement, worth $108 billion, he still didn't know what to do with himself.
His Motivation: M. Dalton Reed was fourteen when he lost his dog Milo in the mountains above the Great Salt Lake. He kept Milo's collar for life, a focus and a good-luck charm, and pledged this would never happen to anyone else.
His Challenge: Interests long dependent on managed animal misery saw the Endowment as a threat and came for it with all they had. The man who made AI safe must now fight to keep a promise made to a lost dog: "I will build something that makes sure this never happens to anyone else."
Audiobook details
GenreGeneral Fiction, Mystery and Thriller
Length8 hrs 10 mins
Narrated byRecorded Track
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateJul 16, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
2Preface
3Chapter 3: A Cold Misty Day
4Prologue
5Part I: Awakening
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6Chapter 1: The Great Salt Lake
7Chapter 2: The Architecture of Everything
8Chapter 4: The Dinner
9Chapter 5: Brittany and the Conversations
10Part II: Nebula-to-Star
11Chapter 6: Angela & The Team
12Chapter 7: Endowment Assets at Work
13Chapter 8: The Platform
14Chapter 9: The Storm
15Chapter 10: The Intelligence
16Chapter 11: K Street Network
17Chapter 12: Postmortem
18Chapter 13: The Weapon
19Chapter 14: PETWAY
20Chapter 15: The Architecture Holds
21Part III Deliverance
22Chapter 16: The Offensive and the Defection
23Chapter 17: Chrissi and Minny
24Chapter 18: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
25Chapter 19: Vigilance Never Sleeps
26Chapter 20: The Gathering
27Epilogue
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