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.
Agentic AI: Separating the Signal from the Noise in 2026
Every AI vendor is selling agentic AI. Every conference panel is discussing agentic AI. Most enterprise deployments of "agentic AI" are not agentic AI. A clear-eyed assessment of what the technology can actually do in enterprise contexts in 2026 — and where the real deployments are working.
What Asian Mid-Market AI Pilots Actually Cost in 2026
Total cost ranges by use case, with the infrastructure-versus-services split that most boards never see on a single slide.
AI in Asian Banking: 6 High-ROI Use Cases Beyond Chatbots
Six AI use cases delivering measured ROI in Asian banks today, with the deployment patterns that make them work.
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.
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.
AI Cost Engineering: How to Drop Inference Costs 60% Without Losing Quality
Production LLM systems often have 50-70% of inference cost going to non-essential work. Five techniques recover most of that, with no quality loss.
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