Business TransformationArmy of One: How AI Turned Me Into a Shipping Machine
Four years with AI. Thirteen months building Cadderly, peake.ai, jessealton.com, virgent.ai, and dozens of customer agents. All as an army of one. This is what happens when the tools finally catch up to the vision.
December 31, 2025·8 min
Case StudiesPeake.ai: We Built Our Own AI Phone System in 1 Hour
Sick of overpaying for clunky VoIP services, we coded our own AI-enhanced phone system. V1 was live in 60 minutes. LangChain automations followed an hour later. Today it powers our outbound calling.
December 29, 2025·4 min·via Virgent AI Case Studies
Case StudiesHow We Saved a Customer More Than Our Cost in the First Month
Case study: Production AI agent deployed in 2 weeks, replacing failing chatbot. $10,000+ monthly savings, 50% ticket reduction, ROI in under 60 days. LangChain, RAG, WebLLM, intent recognition.
December 5, 2025·4 min·via Virgent AI Case Studies
Case StudiesThe $2 Million Mistake Most CEOs Are Making Right Now
Gartner predicts 40% of enterprise apps will have task-specific AI agents by 2026. Your competitors are deploying them now. Are you choosing to win or choosing to lose? The window closes in 12 months.
November 8, 2025·2 min·via Virgent AI Case Studies
Business TransformationSpeed, Scale, Defensibility (now with AI)
TL;DR: Move fast, but only in service of learning. Scale when experiments become systems. Build your moat with data, trust, and integration.
October 22, 2025·5 min·via The Interop (Substack)
Case StudiesMulti-Agent AI Orchestration
Building intelligent multi-agent systems with WebLLM, democratic governance, and spatial coordination. A deep dive into agent orchestration platforms, custom solutions vs. walled gardens, and lessons from Magick ML.
October 3, 2025·3 min·via Virgent AI Case Studies
AI StrategyOn AI modernization, making a safe purchase, and hoping AI “Just Works”
I hear the same story every week. A leadership team banned AI in 2023 over data-leak fears.
October 1, 2025·5 min·via The Interop (Substack)
Case StudiesStopping Fake Leads with Agentic Validation on Our Website
How we added an explainable agentic layer to our Contact page to filter gibberish and low-quality submissions without blocking real prospects.
August 28, 2025·2 min·via Virgent AI Case Studies
Case StudiesCreate And Power Your Own Models. WebLLM.
How enterprises are deploying browser-native AI models with complete privacy, zero data transmission, and maximum security compliance.
July 16, 2025·3 min·via Virgent AI Case Studies
Case StudiesCopilot or ChatGPT: Choosing What Actually Delivers ROI
How a pragmatic, vendor-agnostic approach outperforms single-vendor choices and unlocks measurable ROI with hybrid AI.
June 9, 2025·3 min·via Virgent AI Case Studies
Case StudiesLocal Software Agency AI Practice Partnership
How we help established software agencies build AI practices and create strategic partnerships in the DMV area.
May 12, 2025·3 min·via Virgent AI Case Studies
Case StudiesDJ Audio Stems Automation Agent
How we built a conversational AI agent that saves a professional DJ hundreds of hours by automating audio stem discovery and organization.
April 3, 2025·3 min·via Virgent AI Case Studies
Business TransformationWe Ask AI to Do Things
Two out of three isn’t good enough. That’s the challenge we face any time we combine a prompt (“We Ask”), a model (“AI”),...
April 3, 2025·6 min·via The Interop (Substack)
Business TransformationUsing AI And AI Agents to Handle the Difficult Tasks in Your Business
The emergence of AI agents represents a fundamental shift in how businesses operate, design processes, and serve users.
March 25, 2025·5 min·via The Interop (Substack)
Case StudiesManufacturing AI Transformation Discovery
Comprehensive AI readiness and process optimization discovery across four divisions of a publicly traded manufacturing company, leading to successful acquisition.
March 5, 2025·3 min·via Virgent AI Case Studies
Case StudiesNon-Profit AI Education Workshops
How we delivered our signature AI workshop series to diverse audiences, from high school students to business owners, with outstanding results.
January 29, 2025·3 min·via Virgent AI Case Studies
AI StrategyDeepSeek R1: A Bold Leap in AI—or a CCP Trojan Horse?
Midjourney prompt: Vintage victorian photograph of the trojan horse at the gates, sepia, daguerrotype, epic shot If you’ve been tracking AI news lately,...
January 28, 2025·12 min·via The Interop (Substack)
AI StrategyGood Tool, Bad Tool.
The adoption of AI tools continues to surge, and shadow IT—where employees use unauthorized or personal tools to get their work done—has become an...
January 24, 2025·5 min·via The Interop (Substack)
AI StrategyWhy Many Companies Waste Their AI Budget
In boardrooms across America, executives are racing to adopt artificial intelligence, often without asking the fundamental question: What business problem...
January 22, 2025·3 min·via The Interop (Substack)
Case StudiesUniversity AI Curriculum Development
How we developed a comprehensive four-part AI lecture series for art students, introducing AI concepts safely and responsibly while providing practical learning opportunities.
December 18, 2024·3 min·via Virgent AI Case Studies
Case StudiesHow We Built Our Own Website with Agentic Design
A meta case study: How Virgent AI uses agents, embedded prompts, and agentic design principles on our own website to optimize inbound lead qualification and customer experience.
November 21, 2024·3 min·via Virgent AI Case Studies
Business TransformationRAG Makes AI Chat-bots More Useful, Today
You are probably already using Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG). As the pace of AI speeds up, it can be easy to take our upgraded capacity for granted.
August 8, 2024·4 min·via The Interop (Substack)
Business TransformationYou Are the Glue
## The pursuit of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) continues to push the boundaries of what machines can do.
June 5, 2024·6 min·via The Interop (Substack)
AI StrategyCurating AI Agent Clusters
Artificial intelligence (AI) tools continue to emerge every day. These tools can help drive company growth, streamline operations, and enhance decision-making...
May 10, 2024·9 min·via The Interop (Substack)
Business TransformationAiming for bullseyes, not checklists: Why OKRs beat to-do lists for aligned success.
prompt: setting great goals together as a team In nearly all efforts, whether products, or services, we must be intentional to achieve alignment of business...
January 16, 2024·7 min·via The Interop (Substack)
Business TransformationModel agnostic AI Agents
You are allowed to change yourself at any time. You can change beliefs, study new fields, and “start over” at any time.
December 7, 2023·6 min·via The Interop (Substack)
Future TechRegulation won't stop AI.
It's simple: try as you might to regulate AI, with people like us around, you're facing an uphill battle.
November 6, 2023·4 min·via The Interop (Substack)
Future TechI'll take my data with me
Seems simple doesn’t it? Up is up. However, if you are one class of creator, you operate in a XYZ world.
November 4, 2023·5 min·via The Interop (Substack)
Agent DevelopmentOne day my AI agent will write these updates for me
A lot has been happening in my life over the past few months. Truth be told, I've been tired—deeply, profoundly tired.
November 2, 2023·3 min·via The Interop (Substack)
Business TransformationAR: A Vital Contributor and Beneficiary of the Metaverse
caption... In the swiftly evolving landscape of the digital world, terms such as Augmented Reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR), Mixed Reality (MR), and Extended...
July 13, 2023·5 min·via The Interop (Substack)
Business TransformationThe Augmented Founder
In the unforgiving world of entrepreneurship, it can feel as though you're standing alone on the deck of a ship, marooned in the vast, unending ocean, with an...
July 11, 2023·4 min·via The Interop (Substack)
Business TransformationThe Undead Metaverse
In a recent article titled "RIP Metaverse," Ed Zitron's interpretation of the Metaverse as a "newborn concept" showcases a misunderstanding of this digital...
June 29, 2023·3 min·via The Interop (Substack)
Agent DevelopmentPreemptive Transparency
In our hyper-connected age, where AI technology continues to grow and infiltrate various facets of our lives, the idea of ethical and responsible usage becomes...
June 1, 2023·4 min·via The Interop (Substack)
Agent DevelopmentProject Pearl: your AI companion
Imagine this: You are at your best friend's wedding, basking in the raw emotion of the moment.
May 30, 2023·4 min·via The Interop (Substack)
Business TransformationThe Magic Stick
What do you do when you are feeling stressed as a cofounder? Who do you turn to when you feel frustrated or alone? The act of founding a company requires streng...
August 27, 2019·5 min·via Medium
Business TransformationCollaboration Enhances Innovation
I’ve always wanted to be an entrepreneur. I started my first venture, my first year of college. Needless to say, I learned a number of lessons in my early days,...
August 12, 2019·7 min·via Medium
Business TransformationOur top 6 product design podcasts
The life of a designer is about as lavish as you make it. The beauty of being a designer is that every day is different. You get to apply your mind, body, and s...
August 1, 2019·4 min·via Medium
Business TransformationCustomer discovery is a powerful approach to building and refining a startup’s offering.
Customer discovery is a powerful approach to building and refining a startup’s offering. Honestly, too few business professionals utilize customer discovery. We...
July 29, 2019·7 min·via Medium