The AI software factory: how far should you let go?
AI software factories, explained for executives. What a dark factory is, the four levels of letting go, and why blast radius picks your level, not the vendor.
Tagged “pods”
Everything Sunil Kumar has written about pods in the context of agentic AI in production.
SDLC vs AI-DLC: why technology leaders are switching
A working guide to AI-DLC for CTOs and VPs of Engineering - what changes at each stage, what it returns, what goes wrong, and how to explain it to your board.
Forward deployed engineers are a symptom, not a cure
A forward deployed engineer is a vendor's engineer sent to finish the product in your building. Why it exists, why post-sales hires it, and what to demand.
Fixed price for agentic AI: how pods make it possible
Fixed-price agentic AI works when "done" is an evaluation set, a refusal list and a budget. Why hourly billing fails for agents and how pods price the work.
AI Velocity Pods
What an AI Velocity Pod is - Ailoitte's delivery model for agentic AI, small senior teams on fixed-price, outcome-based engagements - and why it works.