2 May 2026Briefing
Architecture and Retrieval
The patterns that distinguish production AI from demos.
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Architecture & Patterns
How enterprise AI systems are actually built, patterns, anti-patterns, and reference architectures observed in production.
2 May 2026Research
Production AI Architecture: Patterns That Distinguish Production from Demo
By 2026, enterprise AI systems are no longer differentiated primarily by which large language model they use. The frontier models, Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.7, OpenAI's GPT-5.2, Google's Gemini 3 Pro, are converging on capability for the median enterprise workload. What separates production-grade s
2 May 2026Research
The First Year of the Applied Layer: A Synthesis
The most consequential layer of the AI buildout is not the foundation models themselves but what sits between them and the organizations that deploy them: architecture, integration, evaluation, and governance. The public record has clarified the picture rather than settled it. The applied layer is
2 May 2026Briefing
The Applied Layer
The editorial spine of the publication. What production AI actually looks like, and how the discipline matures over time.