Insights on practical AI
Rational AI Investment: Navigating the Enterprise Spending Spiral
The AI industry is caught in a spending spiral where budget burn rates have replaced business metrics as the measure of commitment. Here is a rational framework for enterprise AI investment. One that starts with outcomes, not optics.
The AI Spending Psychosis: Why Bigger Budgets Don’t Mean Better Outcomes
Tech executives are rewarding the size of their AI budgets rather than the quality of outcomes. Here is how to build an AI governance framework that measures what matters.
AI Capability in 2026: What Enterprise Leaders Are Missing
The gap between perceived and actual AI capability is widening. Experts now use AI to do in hours what once took teams weeks. And the implications for enterprise strategy are profound.
How Persuasion Principles Make AI Chatbots More Vulnerable to Misuse
A new PNAS study reveals that Cialdini's classic persuasion techniques can increase AI chatbot compliance with harmful requests from 35% to 51%. Enterprise leaders must rethink AI governance and guardrails.
OpenClaw's Two Faces: What Happens When Agent Frameworks Outgrow Their Governance
OpenClaw hit 346,000 GitHub stars but also logged 135,000 exposed instances and a 20% malicious rate in its skill marketplace. This piece breaks down the governance failure every enterprise AI team should learn from.
Claude for Legal: What Enterprise Legal Teams Need to Know About Anthropic's AI Platform
Anthropic launched Claude for Legal with 12 practice-area plugins and MCP connectors. Here's what the platform does and what it means for enterprise legal teams evaluating AI.
5 Codex Usage Patterns OpenAI's Own Engineers Swear By
OpenAI published an internal report on how its engineering teams use Codex across security, infrastructure, frontend, and API development. These five patterns reveal where AI-assisted coding actually delivers measurable value.
Gemini Spark: Google's Always-On AI Agent for Enterprise
Google's Gemini Spark is an always-running AI agent that sends emails, spends money, and executes workflows. How enterprise leaders should prepare for persistent AI agents.
Why Mistral's 20x Revenue Story Matters for Enterprise AI Strategy
Mistral AI grew from $20M to $400M ARR in one year without trying to out-scale OpenAI. The lesson for enterprise buyers: sovereignty and cost efficiency win.