Business

On buying intelligence as a service

 October 19, 2026

In the last couple of years, most companies have adopted some kind of AI. Most of them have done so by buying API access from a small number of frontier labs. This approach has the lowest barrier to entry and is often the preferred starting point, but it’s problematic because of the huge, unmanageable costs it creates, the shrinking, potentially useless gap in capabilities with open-weight models, and many sovereignty issues.

On your providers business models

 June 30, 2025

When buying a service, you’re not just buying what’s on the label. You’re buying into someone else’s business model. This aspect is now becoming even more relevant, considering that many times, when buying a product, you are also buying a service with it since there are more and more hybrid products.

If you don’t understand how your provider is structured and how it makes money, you will not fully understand your relationship with them. And you’re more likely to get blindsided.