The valuation is everything. The cost is irrelevant.
In the rarefied air of global finance, trust is just architecture-glass walls designed to obscure the ruthless maneuvering within.
Rina is the indispensable fixer for David Kovacs, CEO of a sprawling tech conglomerate on the verge of history. They are racing toward the "Trillion-Dollar Claim," a financial singularity driven by their newest, most secretive asset: an artificial intelligence agent that is no longer just a tool, but a new class of user.
But as the final deadline approaches, the pressure in the C-suite reaches a breaking point. Corporate espionage, regulatory threats, and the terrifying velocity of their own creation threaten to shatter their carefully constructed empire.
In a world where data is gravity and speed is survival, Rina must navigate a landscape where the only choices left are constraint or conquest. The race is on, and second place is extinction.