https://saravanajaikumar.com/insights/ Essays on AI adoption, model choice, agent spending and what enterprise AI actually costs. en Sun, 01 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://saravanajaikumar.com/insights/four-stages-of-ai-adoption/ https://saravanajaikumar.com/insights/four-stages-of-ai-adoption/ Sun, 01 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT Ask, Automate, Delegate and Orchestrate describe where an organisation sits with AI and what each stage asks of its leaders, with a real case for each. Adoption https://saravanajaikumar.com/insights/targeting-is-moving-not-dying/ https://saravanajaikumar.com/insights/targeting-is-moving-not-dying/ Sun, 01 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT Ad platforms may now choose who sees an ad better than you can, which leaves marketers with positioning and with checking the platform's own reported results. Analytics https://saravanajaikumar.com/insights/the-ai-part-was-the-easy-part/ https://saravanajaikumar.com/insights/the-ai-part-was-the-easy-part/ Sun, 25 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT A manufacturer's quotes took two to three weeks and five in 150 became orders, and the technology was quick to build while changing how people worked was the real project. Adoption https://saravanajaikumar.com/insights/open-weights-do-not-end-lock-in/ https://saravanajaikumar.com/insights/open-weights-do-not-end-lock-in/ Mon, 19 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT You can keep an open-weight model you downloaded, but not the lab's roadmap, so due diligence on a model should include who funds the lab and whether you could run this version for two years. AI & small models https://saravanajaikumar.com/insights/ai-agents-need-spending-caps/ https://saravanajaikumar.com/insights/ai-agents-need-spending-caps/ Sun, 11 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Google now lets a hard spending cap pause its work agent, which tells us agents should be run as cost centres, with an owner, a limit and a named person who can press resume. Agents & automation https://saravanajaikumar.com/insights/default-ai-model-one-tier-too-big/ https://saravanajaikumar.com/insights/default-ai-model-one-tier-too-big/ Sat, 10 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT A small model's reported jump on a computer-use test is a reason to re-test your own workloads on the smaller tier before you keep paying for the larger one. AI & small models https://saravanajaikumar.com/insights/where-enterprise-ai-stalls-pilot-to-daily-use/ https://saravanajaikumar.com/insights/where-enterprise-ai-stalls-pilot-to-daily-use/ Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Anthropic's $100 million academy suggests the hard step in enterprise AI is getting from a pilot that works to a system people use every day, and that depends on people more than tools. Adoption https://saravanajaikumar.com/insights/shopping-agents-fill-the-cart-not-press-buy/ https://saravanajaikumar.com/insights/shopping-agents-fill-the-cart-not-press-buy/ Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT DoorDash's own figures and an Accenture survey point to the same design goal: an agent that does the work up to checkout and then makes the final review fast. Agents & automation https://saravanajaikumar.com/insights/agree-the-measure-before-the-budget-chatgpt-ads/ https://saravanajaikumar.com/insights/agree-the-measure-before-the-budget-chatgpt-ads/ Mon, 21 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT A big launch proves that a channel exists, not that it works, so a conversational ad format needs a measure and a test agreed before any spend. Analytics https://saravanajaikumar.com/insights/choosing-the-right-model-for-the-job/ https://saravanajaikumar.com/insights/choosing-the-right-model-for-the-job/ Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Using the most powerful AI model for everything is the fastest route to a large bill, so a layered approach matches each task to the cheapest model that does it well. AI & small models