Insights
No buzzwords. No hype. Strategic insights on AI transformation from 40 years in the operational trenches.
A friend was excited about connecting Claude to Shopify via MCP — until we looked at the token bill. Every call loads massive tool definitions into the context window, and costs multiply fast when you stack business tools. There's a cleaner way to build AI automations.
Read article →I spent years as a sales engineer running vendor demos. I facilitate AI product development at MIT xPRO. When I sit in on your vendor calls, I know the playbook, I know what should be under the hood, and I know the questions that expose what the demo won't.
Read article →Your developer's custom AI agents look cheap at $500/month. But every question your employees ask triggers 4–8 API calls to someone else's infrastructure — and those rates are about to correct by 5–15x. Here's what the math actually looks like.
Read article →The AI industry is obsessed with helping developers write more code. Nobody's asking whether you needed more code in the first place. This is an operations problem, not an engineering problem.
Read article →Ninety percent of executives say AI is a priority. Only a third report meaningful results. The gap isn't about technology — it's about how companies approach transformation.
Read article →The real numbers behind AI transformation for mid-market businesses. Not the venture-backed version — the version that works for companies doing $5M–$100M in revenue.
Read article →Practical, implementable AI solutions for the operational bottlenecks costing your business time and money right now. No theory — just results.
Read article →Our free AI Operations Readiness Assessment identifies your highest-ROI automation opportunities in under 5 minutes.
