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.
Tagged “pods”
Everything Sunil Kumar has written about pods in the context of agentic AI in production.
Forward deployed engineers are a symptom, not a cure
Gartner's guide to forward deployed engineering says the quiet part - vendors embed engineers because their platforms cannot ship alone. What to demand instead.
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.