Ai Models

The Early Scale: Chinese AI Models Now Run 30% of Enterprise Tokens at One-Tenth the Cost

Chinese AI models now handle 30% of enterprise tokens at one-tenth the cost of US rivals. Industrial M&A just hit $173B with mega-deals consuming 56% of deal value. And Salesforce is backing Agentforce with a $1B infrastructure bet. Here's what sharp operators should do about all three.

The Early Scale: 94% of B2B Buyers Fact-Check AI Research. Vendors Are Losing the Trust War.

94% of B2B buyers are fact-checking AI research outputs. The buying cycle is collapsing before vendors see a lead. And a $1.5 billion joint venture just launched on the premise that the real AI problem was never the model — it was always the implementation. Here's what that means for your week.

72% of B2B software buyers now use ChatGPT to evaluate vendors, and most brands aren't showing up

New benchmarks reveal AI search has reshaped B2B vendor discovery, but 51% of tech brands have zero citations across major LLMs.

The Early Scale: Microsoft Drops $2.5B and 6,000 Engineers Into Enterprise AI as FedEx Sells Its Logistics Arm

Microsoft drops $2.5B and 6,000 engineers into enterprise AI deployment. FedEx sells its logistics arm for $1.4B. And the White House ends a 19-day freeze on Anthropic's most powerful models. Here's what smart operators do next.