Insights
Where industrial AI is actually heading.
Field notes on deployment, governance and the gap between pilots and production.
Why most manufacturing AI pilots stall at POC, and how to design past it
A working demo is not a working deployment. The pilots that cross the gap share three habits, and they are all decided before any model is trained.
Governance-first AI: shipping under the EU AI Act and China's rules
For manufacturers selling into Europe and operating in China, governance is not paperwork you add at the end. Built in early, it is faster, not slower.
The forward-deployed model: putting engineers on the factory floor
The fastest way to deploy useful AI in a factory is not a better model. It is an engineer standing next to the machine, watching how the work actually happens.