Topic
strategy
5 essays on this topic.
Papers
- The Unexplainable Alpha
In AI agent systems, execution commoditizes. Research commoditizes. Coordination commoditizes. Taste — the ability to forecast what will matter — is the bottleneck that doesn't automate away.
- Why Nobody Builds Cross-Vendor AI Orchestration
Every AI lab builds single-vendor orchestration. The cross-vendor layer is a gap — and it's a gap for a reason.
- The Upstream Constraint Pattern
In digital transformation, the bottleneck is almost always upstream of where the pain is felt. Mox is the cleanest case study.
- Five Archetypes of AI-Era Business Defensibility
When AI models commoditize, the moat isn't the model. It's the infrastructure AI must flow through but can't replace. Five archetypes of what that looks like.
- Most Banks Don't Need an AI Strategy
The real project isn't artificial intelligence. It's the data infrastructure that AI exposes as broken.