Insights and analysis at the intersection of AI, business transformation, and emerging technology.
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Recent market turmoil, and an unending amount of headlines all boil down to this. The market is changing, and the biggest winners are going to be the folks who get hands on, champion user experience, and communicate effectively.
Every week I take a tool I'm sick of paying for and, I replace it with something custom in house. I own all my code I can make any customizations and I can talk to my AI developers any time of day. There's a reason the market took a tumble today. Most SaaS is dying.
When you screen calls with AI, you may be sending the wrong message. That message is "You are not important enough for my direct attention."
If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go alone. Frankly, Collaboration is often just Lip Service.
Tired of your electric bill? Here comes Nuclear Fusion. But there might be some scandal along the way...
They tried to sell 3.3 million acres of your land. Not Crown land. Not government land. Your land. The land where I hunt whitetail with a longbow. The land where ultralight backpackers disappear for weeks. The land that belongs to every American. And they will try again.
The barrier to building a testable MVP has never been lower. Here is how I go from zero to shipping—and how you can too. No excuses. No gatekeeping. Just outcomes.
We live in a microcosm of cozy convenience, preferring comfortable lies over disruptive truths. But the evidence keeps mounting. Recovered craft. Declassified footage. Bipartisan calls for transparency. Maybe it is time we stopped dismissing what we cannot explain.
I shot bows as a kid, then spent decades chasing tech success. This year I came back to traditional archery, learned to make my own arrows, and found a version of myself I like better. Time finally slowed back down.
AIFour 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.
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 study: Production AI agent deployed in 2 weeks, replacing failing chatbot. $10,000+ monthly savings, 50% ticket reduction, ROI in under 60 days.
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?
Move fast, but only in service of learning. Scale when experiments become systems. Build your moat with data, trust, and integration.
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.
I hear the same story every week. A leadership team banned AI in 2023 over data-leak fears.
How we added an explainable agentic layer to our Contact page to filter gibberish and low-quality submissions without blocking real prospects.
How enterprises are deploying browser-native AI models with complete privacy, zero data transmission, and maximum security compliance.
How a pragmatic, vendor-agnostic approach outperforms single-vendor choices and unlocks measurable ROI with hybrid AI.
How we help established software agencies build AI practices and create strategic partnerships in the DMV area
How we built a conversational AI agent that saves a professional DJ hundreds of hours by automating audio stem discovery and organization
Two out of three is not good enough. That is the challenge we face any time we combine a prompt (We Ask), a model (AI), and an objective (To Do Things).
The emergence of AI agents represents a fundamental shift in how businesses operate, design processes, and serve users.
Comprehensive AI readiness and process optimization discovery across four divisions of a publicly traded manufacturing company, leading to successful acquisition
How we delivered our signature 'We Ask AI to Do Things with Our Data' workshop series to diverse audiences, from high school students to business owners, with outstanding results
If you have been tracking AI news lately, chances are you have seen the buzz around DeepSeek R1—the new Chinese-language model.
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...
In boardrooms across America, executives are racing to adopt artificial intelligence, often without asking the fundamental question: What business problem...
How we developed a comprehensive four-part AI lecture series for art students, introducing AI concepts safely and responsibly while providing practical learning opportunities
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.
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.
The pursuit of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) continues to push the boundaries of what machines can do.
Artificial intelligence (AI) tools continue to emerge every day. These tools can help drive company growth, streamline operations, and enhance decision-making...
In nearly all efforts, whether products, or services, we must be intentional to achieve alignment of business goals.
You are allowed to change yourself at any time. You can change beliefs, study new fields, and start over at any time.
It is simple: try as you might to regulate AI, with people like us around, you are facing an uphill battle.
Seems simple does it not? Up is up. However, if you are one class of creator, you operate in a XYZ world.
A lot has been happening in my life over the past few months. Truth be told, I have been tired—deeply, profoundly tired.
In the swiftly evolving landscape of the digital world, terms such as Augmented Reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR), Mixed Reality (MR), and Extended...
In the unforgiving world of entrepreneurship, it can feel as though you are standing alone on the deck of a ship, marooned in the vast, unending ocean, with an...
In a recent article titled RIP Metaverse, Ed Zitron interpretation of the Metaverse as a newborn concept showcases a misunderstanding of this digital...
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...
Imagine this: You are at your best friend's wedding, basking in the raw emotion of the moment.
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...
I 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,...
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...
Customer discovery is a powerful approach to building and refining a startup's offering. Honestly, too few business professionals utilize customer discovery. We...