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Notes from the workshop.

No trend pieces, no model-of-the-week takes. What things cost, what breaks, and what we'd do in your position, drawn from builds we shipped and the numbers they moved.

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Industry
Your LOS
decides your
options
· 12 min read

The best AI tools for mortgage lenders in 2026, and which are actually AI

Named AI tools for mortgage lenders in pre-qualification, document processing and underwriting, which are genuinely AI, and why your LOS decides your options.
Industry
Zero retention
is the wrong
setting
· 10 min read

HIPAA-compliant AI automation: what healthcare teams need to get right

HIPAA AI compliance in practice: which providers sign a BAA, what data retention must actually be set to, and where healthcare AI automation is safe to deploy.
Strategy
The 95% stat,
actually
examined
· 12 min read

Why most AI pilots fail, and how to be in the few that ship

The MIT 95% figure is real but narrower than it sounds. What it actually measures, why pilots stall at the same three points, and what the few that ship do.
Pricing
$3.5K to
$75K+
· 10 min read

How much does AI automation cost in 2026?

AI automation runs from about $3,500 for a strategy sprint to $75,000+ for a custom build. Here's what drives the price and how to budget without a blank check.
Strategy
5 dimensions
scored 0 to 2
· 10 min read

Company AI readiness checklist: how to audit your AI stack and maturity

A scored company AI readiness checklist across five dimensions, how to audit your AI stack, and how to measure AI maturity before you spend on a build.
Product
Adoption,
not model
accuracy
· 9 min read

How to embed AI in your SaaS product: copilots and AI-native features

The three levels of AI in a SaaS product, what separates a useful copilot from a novelty chatbot, how to price AI features, and how to tell if yours is working.
Automation
The exceptions
are the
product
· 10 min read

AI for accounts payable: invoice processing, matching and the exceptions

How AI accounts payable automation works stage by stage, the three-way match failures that eat the savings, and how to decide between buying and building.
Technical
1,200 eval
cases per
pull request
· 9 min read

RAG for business: how retrieval-augmented generation works and when to use it

What RAG is, how the pipeline works, how it compares to fine-tuning and long context, and why retrieval quality, not the model, decides whether it works.
Technical
Most teams
never need
step 4
· 8 min read

Build vs buy AI: custom LLM solutions and fine-tuning vs ChatGPT

Build vs buy AI as a five-step ladder: when to buy off-the-shelf, when a custom LLM earns its cost, and why fine-tuning is a later step than teams think.
Automation
Sort your
breakages,
not your bots
· 9 min read

AI automation vs RPA: the difference, and how to fix a brittle RPA setup

AI automation vs RPA: RPA follows fixed rules on structured data, AI handles judgment and messy inputs. Plus a diagnostic for fixing brittle RPA bots.
Strategy
10 questions
before you sign
· 9 min read

How to choose an AI partner: a 10-point vetting checklist

Most AI projects fail on execution, not ideas. Ten questions to vet an AI consulting firm or automation agency before you sign, from pricing to hand-off.
Automation
8 hrs to
25 min
· 9 min read

AI document processing: a real before and after (8 hours to 25 minutes)

How AI document processing works, with real before/after numbers: loan-file prep from 8 hours to 25 minutes, shipping-doc review from 14 hours to 1.8.
Automation
A 5-part
scoring test
· 9 min read

Which processes to automate with AI first, and which to leave alone

Start with high-volume, repetitive work where mistakes are recoverable. A practical scoring test for picking your first AI automation, and what to avoid.
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