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Where Did the ROI Go?Only 1 in 50 AI investments delivers what the business case promised

Feb 5, 2026

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16 min read

Where Did the ROI Go?Only 1 in 50 AI investments delivers what the business case promised

Davos 2026 exposed the contradiction at the heart of European AI strategy: world-first regulation without the compute to back it. Plus: Apollo bets $3.5B on xAI, Microsoft sales teams cut AI forecasts, and why 54% of enterprise AI projects stall on infrastructure.

AI strategy

Joao Coutinho

THE LATEST

Jan 22, 2026

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16 min read

From Ethics to Enforcement: How 2026 Became the Year AI Governance Got Real

Finland activates EU AI Act enforcement, Grok scandal exposes guardrail failures, and $600B in hyperscaler capex raises the stakes. Plus: Claude enters healthcare, bunq's AI handles 75% of support, and how "Nano Banana" got its name.

AI strategy

Jan 15, 2026

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15 min read

Copilots are over. Auditable coworkers are next.

Agentic workflows move closer to "real work," while regulators and infra constraints quietly define what's feasible.

AI strategy

Jan 8, 2026

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8 min read

The Physical AI Pivot & The Supply Chain Reality Check

Consolidation up top, constraints underneath: the week the AI stack started looking like industry.

AI Models

Back-to-School AI, DORA’s Wake-Up Call, and Vendor Risk in the Spotlight

Why seasonal surges, platform maturity, and third-party breaches matter more than model labels

AI strategy

Teens, Tools, and the Next Decade: What OpenAI & Anthropic’s new data mean for work, schools, and our kids

AI adoption is changing how kids learn, work, and make decisions—with safety and judgment the new frontiers.

AI strategy

Bubbles Build the Future: Bezos’ Optimism + This Week’s Agent Stack Shifts

Speculation funds infrastructure. Your job is to turn that runway into policy, telemetry, and compounding advantage.

AI strategy

Mastering Multi-Agent Orchestration: Architectures, Patterns & ROI Benchmarks for 2025–2026

From one smart agent to an entire digital workforce

AI strategy

OpenAI × Microsoft: the reset that ends lock-in and open multi-model strategies

What changed, why it matters, and the 3 moves to make before Q2.

AI strategy

Microsoft's Phi-4-mini-flash-reasoning Shrinks AI to Phone Scale Without Breaking It

Small models finally deliver on the edge computing promise—but governance frameworks are racing to catch up

AI strategy

When Design Meets Runtime: Style → Distribution → Governance

When AI turns sketches into objects, films into governed creative pipelines, and marketplaces into the distribution rail for enterprise agents.