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Insights and analysis at the intersection of AI, business transformation, and emerging technology.

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Army of One: How AI Turned Me Into a Shipping MachineBusiness Transformation

Army 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.

Case Studies

Peake.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.

Case Studies

How 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.

Case Studies

The $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.

Business Transformation

Speed, 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.

Case Studies

Multi-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.

Case Studies

Create And Power Your Own Models. WebLLM.

How enterprises are deploying browser-native AI models with complete privacy, zero data transmission, and maximum security compliance.

Case Studies

DJ 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.

Business Transformation

We 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”),...

Case Studies

Manufacturing AI Transformation Discovery

Comprehensive AI readiness and process optimization discovery across four divisions of a publicly traded manufacturing company, leading to successful acquisition.

Case Studies

Non-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.

AI Strategy

DeepSeek 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,...

AI Strategy

Good 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...

AI Strategy

Why 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...

Case Studies

University 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.

Case Studies

How 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.

Business Transformation

RAG 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.

Business Transformation

You Are the Glue

## The pursuit of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) continues to push the boundaries of what machines can do.

AI Strategy

Curating 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...

Business Transformation

Model 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.

Future Tech

Regulation 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.

Future Tech

I'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.

Business Transformation

AR: 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...

Business Transformation

The 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...

Business Transformation

The 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...

Agent Development

Preemptive 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...

Agent Development

Project Pearl: your AI companion

Imagine this: You are at your best friend's wedding, basking in the raw emotion of the moment.

Business Transformation

The 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...

Business Transformation

Collaboration 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,...

Business Transformation

Our 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...