November 11, 2025
I’ve been waiting to share this milestone publicly —
Our book, The AI Universe: Thriving Within Civilization’s Next Big Disruption, just hit the Amazon bestseller charts in several countries!
And yes, it still feels wild to be saying that.
Co-authoring alongside global AI experts was both humbling and electrifying — a chance to put into words what’s been driving me (and illumi) all along: how humans and AI can truly co-create the future.
As founders, builders, and creators, we are surrounded by one persistent pressure: speed.
Faster output.
Faster growth.
Faster results.
In that pursuit, it’s easy to overlook what actually makes progress sustainable: the human context behind the work. The thinking, judgment, and shared understanding that shape outcomes long before anything is generated or shipped.
When I wrote my chapter for The AI Universe, I wanted to question a common assumption. Much of today’s AI conversation focuses on replacement or optimization. But that framing misses something important.
The real opportunity ahead lies in how we think with AI.
How technology can support empathy, creativity, and collective understanding, rather than simply accelerating production.
That belief is also why we built illumi.
Illumi was created to help teams and AI co-create in a way that preserves meaning and awareness. Not just output.
We’ve seen how easily context gets lost when work moves too quickly or across too many tools. Ideas fragment. Decisions lose their rationale. AI steps in without understanding the full picture.
Our goal with illumi is to give teams a shared space where human judgment and AI capability can work together, visibly and intentionally. A place where thinking is captured, refined, and reused, instead of disappearing once a task is done.
This book launch feels like more than a personal milestone.
It feels like a signal that more people are ready to talk seriously about responsible, human-centered AI. About designing systems that support how humans collaborate, learn, and make meaning together.
I’m grateful to be part of that conversation, and even more grateful to everyone who has supported this journey.
To celebrate the launch, our team at illumi wanted to offer a simple thank-you.
If you download the Kindle edition of The AI Universe during launch week (currently priced at $0.99) and leave a review, we’ll gift you three months of illumi Pro once our subscription plans go live.
All you need to do is send us a screenshot of your Amazon review.
👉 Get the book
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When I first started writing this chapter, I thought I was writing about AI.
Over time, it became clear that the real story is about us.
The builders, the dreamers, and the connectors shaping how technology shows up in our lives and our work.
If we get this moment right, AI can become a tool that deepens understanding rather than flattening it.
Here’s to navigating this new universe thoughtfully, and building what comes next together. 🌍✨
— LingYi Chang
Co-founder, illumi
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