01/01/2026
Valuation runs more of the real world than most people realize.
Every property deal needs it.
Every real estate loan depends on it.
Every infrastructure project touches it.
Kalven went to V20 Africa thinking valuation was traditional finance.
What he saw was different.
AI and data science are already part of the work.
Human judgment still matters, but the tools have changed.
His advice was simple.
Students ignore valuation because it is not marketed as disruption.
That does not make it outdated. It makes it easy to miss.