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The Open-Source Paradox

Red Hat built a $34 billion business on Linux. IBM bought it. What the deal validated was a hypothesis that had held for four decades:...

Part 2 | From memory to navigation: Scaling autonomous agents beyond retrieval

In a previous piece, I explored how eight independent research teams converged on the same insight: instead of building memory systems around the model, train...

Part 1 | Post-memory training: Teaching agents to remember, not just retrieve

Post-memory training has been a hyperfocus of mine over the past few months. If you have followed my recent writing on context management, memory architectures,...

Thought Leadership Piece - AI and Data trends leading the way in 2026

As we look back on 2025, one thing is clear: artificial intelligence and data are no longer experimental tools sitting at the edges of organizations....

The On-Time Performance (OTP) Imperative

In the high-stakes aviation landscape, On-Time Performance (OTP) is one of the primary levers for operational profitability. For a Tier-1 carrier, the financial impact of...

Trust as strategy: How pharma wins by industrializing accountability

The pharmaceutical industry stands at a decisive moment. The EU AI Act's August 2026 compliance deadline for high-risk AI systems is not merely a regulatory...

The last graduate intake: Is AI the end of the property professional?

The recent share price slide of CRE firms on the fears of existential AI disruptions to their business model is a manifestation of a new...

From Performance Plateaus to Signature Dishes: Breaking the AI ceiling with first-party data

This article shows how marketers can move beyond standard platform AI by combining first-party data, predictive signals, and smart infrastructure - turning generic automation into...

Intelligent Fashion Retail: Driving AI adoption through a human-centric approach

While AI has unlocked vast possibilities for the industry, large-scale implementation remains challenging. Overall, only a minority of retailers have successfully operationalized personalization at scale,...

AI in Sport: The biggest wins are now off the field

In sport, data and AI are primarily associated with on-field performance: player analytics, tactical modelling and injury prevention. Technology has expanded the boundaries of athletic...

Long-run AI agents, part 3: What this actually means for organizations

The technology is real but immature. The trajectory is clear but the timeline is not. Most organizations deploying long-running AI in 2026 will learn expensive...

Long-run AI agents, part 2: Three approaches that actually work

In late 2025, a technique with the absurd name "Ralph Wiggum" went viral among practitioners. The name comes from a Simpsons character—deliberately silly, because the...