Insights

Understand the technology before you buy it.

Long-form guides on agentic AI, automation, governance and the practical work of getting agents into production. Written for founders, executives and department heads, in plain language, with the trade-offs left in.

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Guides

16 September 2026 · 9 min read

What is agentic AI?

A plain-language definition, the six building blocks of an agent, four levels of autonomy and concrete examples for every department.

16 September 2026 · 9 min read

AI agents vs. RPA vs. chatbots

Which automation fits which process: a side-by-side comparison, the hybrid patterns that work in practice, and five questions that decide.

16 September 2026 · 9 min read

The EU AI Act for companies

Who the regulation applies to, which risk tier your use cases fall into, what has applied since 2025, and a seven-step plan to get compliant without drama.

16 September 2026 · 8 min read

Choosing your first AI agent use case

A scoring framework, the traits of good and bad first use cases, eight concrete candidates and a pilot design that proves something.

16 September 2026 · 8 min read

Build or buy AI agents?

Platform agents, low-code orchestration or custom frameworks: a comparison, the cost dimensions that matter, and the hybrid architecture we usually recommend.

16 September 2026 · 8 min read

MCP explained for decision makers

What the Model Context Protocol is, why it matters for connecting agents to your systems, and how to adopt it without losing control.

16 September 2026 · 7 min read

Why AI pilots fail

The recurring reasons pilots stall, what production-ready actually means, and a phased path to an agent that runs on real work.

16 September 2026 · 8 min read

The AI readiness checklist

Thirty yes/no questions across six dimensions, a scoring guide and the most common gaps to close before your first agent goes live.

16 September 2026 · 8 min read

Guardrails for AI agents

Eight layers of control that let an agent act in your systems, a risk-to-guardrail mapping and a worked accounts-payable example.

16 September 2026 · 6 min read

Sovereign AI: options for EU-hosted language models

US providers with safeguards, hyperscaler EU regions, European providers or self-hosted open-weight models: how to choose by data sensitivity and use case.

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