Field notes on enterprise AI.
Essays from the ops floor by AI engineer and forward deployed engineer Zach (Sadok) Abdelli: what works, what breaks, and what leaders mis-price about agentic systems.
Essay · 14 min read
Why most enterprise AI agents fail in week six — and the operating model that fixes it
It happens with uncanny consistency. The pilot ships in two weeks. The demo lands. Leadership is energized.
Logistics AI · 9 min read
Slotting is the most under-invested AI win in warehousing
Warehouse operators spend enormous energy on labor scheduling, carrier selection, and demand forecasting.
Strategy · 7 min read
Build vs. buy in the agent era: a CFO-friendly framework
Three years ago, "build vs. buy" in enterprise software was mostly about integration effort and maintenance overhead.
Agents · 11 min read
Evals are the moat — model choice is just a vendor decision
Every enterprise AI conversation eventually arrives at the same question: which model should we use? Teams spend weeks on model evaluations, benchmarking…