The founder of a trailblazing artificial intelligence firm in Las Vegas was left shaken after receiving a severed pig's head and a threatening letter at his family home—an act believed to be linked to his company's attempt to upend the traditional real estate industry.
Blake Owens, CEO of Agrippa, says the macabre package arrived just weeks after his firm launched Marcus, an AI platform designed to eliminate the need for brokers in commercial property transactions. The note, signed only with the letter 'M', appeared to come from someone furious about the disruption his technology posed to Las Vegas's long-established brokerage sector.
