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Translate enterprise-AI announcements into decisions about control, value and operating risk.
Who may act, under which identity, against which data, at what verified cost?
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Latest edition · September 2026
The price of delegated work
September made delegated work easier to buy and harder to price. Microsoft metered delegated execution, GitHub tightened agent permissions, and AWS and Google made managed runtimes more capable. Evidence of accepted business outcomes stayed narrow, and review time can erase the apparent saving.
Evolution
What changed as the series accumulated evidence
- 01 · July 2026
The Enterprise AI Control Plane Takes Shape
Models became more substitutable while identity, context, routing, tools, evaluation, observability, and outcome economics became the strategic enterprise layer.
- 02 · August 2026
The Control Plane Meets Reality
Agent autonomy acquired both a balance sheet and a blast radius. The enterprise control problem is now who may act, under which identity, against which data, at what cost, and with what evidence.
- 03 · September 2026
The price of delegated work
Agent execution and metering widened; the price of delegated work now depends on acceptance, review and authority.
Continuity
Edition calendar
- Sep 26The price of delegated workSeptember expands delegated execution and consumption exposure. Buyers need explicit authority and cost per accepted outcome; release activity is insufficient proof of value.Latest edition
- Aug 26The Control Plane Meets RealityAgent autonomy acquired both a balance sheet and a blast radius. The enterprise control problem is now who may act, under which identity, against which data, at what cost, and with what evidence.Open edition
- Jul 26The Enterprise AI Control Plane Takes ShapeModels became more substitutable while identity, context, routing, tools, evaluation, observability, and outcome economics became the strategic enterprise layer.Open edition