Perspectives.

Writing by Caden Tacoronte

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On positioning, operational intelligence, private ai.

3 essays, published when there is something worth saying

Positioning, July 6, 2026

A Strong Product Can Still Be Positioned Like a Commodity

Buyers do not price your product. They price the category you let them file it under. Product quality cannot fix a filing error.

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Most Companies Do Not Have an AI Problem. They Have a Data Readiness Problem.

AI initiatives rarely fail at the model. They fail two layers down, in data nobody conditioned, governed, or connected to the decisions the system was supposed to improve.

Operational Intelligence

June 22, 2026

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The Difference Between Using AI and Owning It

Most companies use AI the way they use electricity: it arrives from somewhere else, on someone else's terms. That is fine, until the intelligence becomes the business.

Private AI

June 4, 2026

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Perspectives.

A Strong Product Can Still Be Positioned Like a Commodity

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Most Companies Do Not Have an AI Problem. They Have a Data Readiness Problem.

The Difference Between Using AI and Owning It