Research & playbooks
for shipping AI in Asia.
Frameworks we use in client engagements, plus original research on AI adoption across the markets we operate in. No hype, no rehashed Western reports.
Choosing a Vector Database in 2026: 7 Options Compared
Seven vector database options used in production by mid-market enterprises in Asia, with cost, latency, and operational profile for each.
Five Ways Enterprise AI Projects Fail in APAC — and What to Do Instead
Pattern recognition from 30+ engagements across nine markets. The failures are remarkably consistent.
Why 70% of Enterprise AI Pilots Fail to Reach Production (and the 30% That Don't)
A pattern analysis of 41 mid-market AI pilots across Asia in 2024-2025, with the four traits that separate the survivors.
Retail & E-commerce AI in Southeast Asia: Personalization Without PII Pain
Personalization remains the highest-ROI AI use case in Southeast Asian retail. Done right, it works without the PII headaches that derail projects.
Responsible AI in Practice: A NIST AI RMF Walkthrough for Operators
The NIST AI Risk Management Framework is the most useful free resource in responsible AI. Here is how to actually apply it in a mid-market enterprise.
Webinar Recap: AI Governance in APAC — What the MAS, HKMA, and APPI Frameworks Require in Practice
Seventy-three attendees across six markets joined our February session on operationalising AI governance requirements. Key questions and answers from the session.
Agentic AI in Production: Lessons from 12 Mid-Market Deployments
Twelve production agentic AI deployments across Asia in 2024-2025, with the patterns that worked, the patterns that did not, and what is replicable.
AI-Washing in APAC: How to Tell Real AI from Marketing Copy
Every vendor claims AI. Most mean automation, keyword matching, or a GPT wrapper. Here is how to tell the difference in a procurement conversation.
AI Strategy in 90 Days: A Practical Framework for CFOs
A week-by-week plan a CFO can run to take an enterprise from "we should do something with AI" to a funded portfolio with measurable expected value.
Healthcare AI Compliance in HK, SG, and JP: A Practitioner's Guide
Healthcare AI sits at the intersection of strict privacy law, sectoral regulation, and clinical risk. Here is the practitioner view across three Asian markets.
Building an Internal AI Platform: Reference Architecture for 200-1,000 Person Companies
A reference architecture for an internal AI platform sized for mid-market enterprises, with the components that pay back and the components that do not.
Hallucination Risk: A Practical Containment Framework for LLM Deployments
Hallucinations cannot be eliminated. They can be contained. Here is the four-layer containment framework that production LLM systems use.
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