by Brian Blair | Sep 29, 2026 | AI Infrastructure, AI Models, AI Tools, Blog
What are the best AI models for research? The correct answer depends on what you are researching, which tools surround the model, how sensitive the source material is, and how you plan to verify the result. That distinction matters. A model is not the same thing as a...
by Brian Blair | Sep 8, 2026 | AI Infrastructure, AI Models, AI Tools, Blog, Data Analysis, Workflow Automation
Do you actually know your cost per task per model? If you are an engineering VP scaling generative models into production, that question usually triggers a cold sweat. You likely have a dashboard showing aggregate API usage, but aggregate data is a post-mortem. It...
by Brian Blair | Sep 5, 2026 | AI Infrastructure, AI Models, AI Tools, Blog
Meta AI’s open-weights strategy has fundamentally reshaped the economics of artificial intelligence. By releasing high-potency models like Llama 3.3 70B and Llama 3.1 405B with permissive commercial licenses, Meta has created immense pressure on closed API...
by Brian Blair | Sep 3, 2026 | AI Infrastructure, AI Tools, Blog, Workflow Automation
Multi-Agent Solutions for Autonomous Success Back in my traditional media days, we solved production bottlenecks by throwing more bodies at the printing press. Today, engineering teams are doing the exact same thing with agentic ai. They clone entire departments into...
by Brian Blair | Aug 15, 2026 | AI Infrastructure, AI Tools, Blog, Ecommerce
An e-commerce operation is only as resilient as its underlying infrastructure. I have spent over 15 years building digital operations, mostly from the vantage point of traditional media organizations modernizing their production stacks. We used to print things on dead...
by Brian Blair | Aug 6, 2026 | AI Infrastructure, AI Tools, AI Visibility, Blog, RAG Systems, Web Development, Workflow Automation
The Evolution of Search and the Rise of AI Citations For over two decades, search engine optimization meant competing for ten blue links on a results page. Today, AI-driven answer engines are rapidly replacing traditional search results, serving users with direct...
by Brian Blair | Jul 6, 2026 | AI Infrastructure, Blog, Workflow Automation
Next-Gen Multimodal Workflows for Design Teams Most creative agencies treat AI tools like disconnected browser toys: a designer runs prompts in Midjourney, a copywriter generates headlines in ChatGPT, and an account manager manually copies and pastes files between...
by Brian Blair | Apr 20, 2026 | AI Infrastructure, AI Visibility, Blog, Web Development
Engineering Authority: The E-E-A-T Signals That Move AI Citations Founders and marketing executives are currently staring at declining organic traffic dashboards, panicking over the rise of AI summarization. As Search Generative Experience (SGE) and engines like...
by Brian Blair | Mar 9, 2026 | AI Infrastructure, Blog
Key Takeaways Multimodal AI processes text, audio, image, and code simultaneously, eliminating the friction and manual data transfer required by single-mode tools. Implementing these systems allows agencies to shift from slow, sequential handoffs to high-speed...
