Operational Insights

Token Costs: From Free-As-You-Go to Pay-As-You-Go to "Do You Really Know?"

August 1, 2026 • The AI Race

Frontier labs set AI upon us in the oddest of ways - they made it all free expecting people to pay for it later. Well, it's later! Yet are we paying the true cost for our tokens?

Microsoft’s Satya Nadella Hints at an Enterprise AI Trust Problem

July 18, 2026 • The AI Race

In a surprising move, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella shared an essay with the IT community last weekend that echoed the sentiments of previous AI leaders, such as Palantir's Alex Karp. While his essay left many on social media questioning his true motives, one thing is certain: his warnings about data risks are absolutely true.

Alex Karp of Palantir: Frontier Labs Are Failing the Enterprise

July 6, 2026 • The AI Race

I, like many others, am digging deep to get a true bearing on generative AI's capabilities, accuracy, cost, and integration processes. You do wonder what is going on out there - what is being planned, and who is planning it. Palantir CEO Alex Karp gave us his assessment the other day on CNBC, and it sure as hell isn't all peaches and roses.