Founder. Operator. Always curious.
I build 
The Kairo film whatI believe 
should exist.
I’m Scott Newton, founder of Ambition and CEO of Upskillist. I’m building Kairo, an AI mentor that helps people turn what they want to achieve into a path they can follow.
01 / What I’m building
From an idea
to something real.
Ambition / Kairo
A different starting
point for learning.
People come to learning because they want something to change. I wanted to build around that ambition, with a mentor that helps them work out a path and keep moving.
The story behind Kairo
Business leadership
Leading Upskillist into its next chapter.
I joined at the beginning of my career and worked my way through sales, communications and marketing to become CEO in 2023. That experience shaped what I chose to build next.
More about UpskillistCreative practice
Making the idea feel real.
Product, brand, storytelling and generative film. I like getting my hands into the work, finding the right tools and working with people who can take it further.
Watch the Kairo film02 / A little context
My route here
wasn’t a straight line.
03 / Writing
Things I’m thinking about.
I’m building my own agent system.
The ambition is to make me 100× faster and 100× more efficient at work. I want to see how far I can push it.
Why 2028 still feels possible.
Thinking aloud about recursive AI improvement, economics and superintelligence.
AI that helps you navigate your possible futures.
The Ambition Graph, continuous scenario planning and the economics of a lifelong mentor.
The bubble can deflate while the technology advances.
My thesis on AI capability, economics and what comes next.
Why I started with the goal.
The thinking behind Kairo, and what a decade in online learning taught me.