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AI Strategy

Agentic AI

AI Agent Development in 2026: From First Prototype to Production

Most writing about AI agents is either a demo or a warning. This is the working guide: what an agent is made of, how it reaches your systems through MCP, when one agent should become several, how much the model choice actually matters, why the majority never reach production, and what governance has to be in place before any of it is load-bearing. Every section links to the deeper piece on that question.

IrenicTech · Sep 21, 2026 · 16 min read

AI Automation

We Have 21 Decision Points in Production. Jev Would Change Six of Them

TypeSafe AI released a model that cannot hold a conversation, which is the point of it. Jev takes unstructured state in and returns a typed decision with a calibrated probability, in 70ms to 500ms. We went through the 21 decision nodes in our published automation teardowns to see where a model like this actually belongs. The answer is six of them, and the reasoning matters more than the number.

IrenicTech · Sep 21, 2026 · 7 min read

Open Source LLMs

The Best Open-Source LLMs in 2026: GLM, DeepSeek, Qwen, Kimi, and MiniMax Compared

The open-weight LLM field flipped to Chinese labs in 2026, and the leaderboards are a mess of vendor-claimed numbers. This is an honest, use-case-first comparison of GLM, DeepSeek, Qwen, Kimi, and MiniMax, with the caveats that actually matter before you build on one.

IrenicTech · Jun 28, 2026 · 6 min read

Build vs Buy

Build vs Buy AI in 2026: When to Use an Off-the-Shelf Agent and When to Build Your Own

Most companies don't need to build AI from scratch, and some can't afford not to. Here's a clear-eyed framework for deciding when an off-the-shelf agent is enough and when a custom build is the only thing that actually fits.

IrenicTech · Jun 28, 2026 · 4 min read

Agentic AI

Dubai's Agentic AI Plan: What It Means for Businesses in the UAE

Dubai is pushing agentic AI into its private sector with a two-year plan to become the world's leading city for commercial AI adoption. Here's what that means for UAE businesses and how to prepare without the hype.

IrenicTech · Jun 28, 2026 · 4 min read

Open Source LLMs

Should You Use Open-Source LLMs for Your Product? Cost, Control, and the Chinese-Model Question

Open-weight models got genuinely good in 2026, and a lot of the best are now Chinese. Here's a practical way to decide whether open or closed models fit your product, weighing cost, control, data residency, and the things people get wrong about both.

IrenicTech · Jun 28, 2026 · 4 min read