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Financial ServicesFinancial Services
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How a Tier-1 Bank Spent a Few Million to Unlock $40M a Year on Credit Risk, and How a Finance Copilot Went From 60% to 95% Accuracy, Lifting NRR to 144%

How a Tier-1 Bank Spent a Few Million to Unlock $40M a Year on Credit Risk, and How a Finance Copilot Went From 60% to 95% Accuracy, Lifting NRR to 144%

Two case studies this week — Dean Sloves of Bolt Group and Unmukt Raizada of TrustEvals.ai — plus next week's podcast with Doyl Burkett, Managing Partner of Integrity Growth Partners, and a marketing build from Tahnee Perry.

Stu Willson
Stu Willson
case studycase study
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84% Lower Cost, 5x Deeper Investment Committee Prep: Two Builds From our AI Use Case Library

84% Lower Cost, 5x Deeper Investment Committee Prep: Two Builds From our AI Use Case Library

Case studies from Chris Taylor (Fractional AI) and Osman Ghandour (Soal Labs). Plus a fresh podcast with Tom Scott. Welcome to the new format.

Stu Willson
Stu Willson
case studycase study
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Where AI Value Actually Came From in 2025 (Strategic Moves 4-6)

Where AI Value Actually Came From in 2025 (Strategic Moves 4-6)

Six more case studies on deterministic systems, earned adoption, and compressing time-to-value

Stu Willson
Stu Willson
case studycase study
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Where AI Value Actually Came From in 2025 (Key Strategies 1-3)

Where AI Value Actually Came From in 2025 (Key Strategies 1-3)

11 case studies showing how teams moved decisions upstream, removed human middleware, and built systems that finish work

Stu Willson
Stu Willson
Artificial IntelligenceArtificial Intelligence
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Why AI Is Finally Starting to Work (And Why Most Teams Still Miss the Point)

Why AI Is Finally Starting to Work (And Why Most Teams Still Miss the Point)

Just Curious 2025 Year in Review, Part 1 of 4: four diagnostic patterns from 100+ applied AI practitioners on what actually creates value once the novelty fades.

Stu Willson
Stu Willson
Artificial IntelligenceArtificial Intelligence
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Code Is Cheap. Context Isn’t: Tau9 Labs’ Factory-Floor Playbook

Code Is Cheap. Context Isn’t: Tau9 Labs’ Factory-Floor Playbook

Alex Gruebele & Chandler Gonzalez on how AI is unlocking a new era of custom software in manufacturing, cutting quoting from hours to seconds with builds measured in months, not years.

Stu Willson
Stu Willson
AIAI
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Start Small, Design for Scale

Start Small, Design for Scale

Jordan Gurrieri, Co-Founder & CEO of BlueLabel, on scaling AI through workflow-fit and change management, plus a member-only offer for PE & Private Credit teams prioritizing their first AI investments.

Stu Willson
Stu Willson
AIAI
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Extending Cognition: From Knowledge Hoarding to Knowledge Leverage

Extending Cognition: From Knowledge Hoarding to Knowledge Leverage

DevDash Labs’ Nitesh Pant on how companies can automate research, reuse past work, and scale their expertise.

Stu Willson
Stu Willson
AIAI
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5 Battle-Tested Playbooks for AI Transformation

5 Battle-Tested Playbooks for AI Transformation

Skip the theory. Michael Domanic shares what actually works when deploying AI at scale.

Stu Willson
Stu Willson
Artificial IntelligenceArtificial Intelligence
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The Quiet Urgency of AI: What to Build, When to Act, How to Win

The Quiet Urgency of AI: What to Build, When to Act, How to Win

Nicole Hedley on building real AI products in 5 weeks, Alex Goryachev’s bottom-up strategy for shadow AI adoption, Glenn Hopper on turning finance teams into insight engines, Juan Alfageme’s matrix for prioritizing AI with business impact, and Sam Altman on why the future arrives faster than we think.

Stu Willson
Stu Willson
AIAI
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80% Faster, 90% Cheaper: AI Value Creation from Tahnee Perry & Ed Ortega

80% Faster, 90% Cheaper: AI Value Creation from Tahnee Perry & Ed Ortega

Tahnee Perry on overcoming AI resistance and accelerating team adoption, Ed Ortega’s frameworks for quickly identifying high-value AI opportunities, and Greg Shove on rethinking leadership for AI-driven results.

Stu Willson
Stu Willson
Artificial IntelligenceArtificial Intelligence
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Stop Drowning in AI Pilots: Start Prototyping, Collaborating, and Scaling

Stop Drowning in AI Pilots: Start Prototyping, Collaborating, and Scaling

Fred Grinstein & Kate Cook on creative ideation, Sean Wood's micro-change formula, The Grin Labs on finally escaping pilot purgatory, and Hiten Shah from Dropbox on AI beyond chat.

Stu Willson
Stu Willson