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Technology Leadership
Technology leadership in the AI era: who owns technology decisions, engineering culture, trust and decision quality. Start with Do You Need a CTO Yet?, or see Fractional CTO and Virtual CTO support.
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AI-powered cyberattacks: a 90‑day CTO plan
A 90‑day CTO plan to prepare for AI-powered cyberattacks: identity, segmentation, AI-aware detection, code-signing, and IR rehearsals.
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AI-assisted code governance, the Linux way
A 30‑day AI-assisted code governance rollout: disclose AI in commits, capture provenance, tighten reviews, and block bulk patch drops.
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OpenAI funding target cut: your next moves
OpenAI funding target cut: what it means for capacity, pricing and your 2025–27 AI plan, plus a vendor, procurement and architecture checklist.
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AI Spending Backlash: Your 2025 Contract Play
AI spending jitters have hit Big Tech. Here’s how to use the pressure to reshape 2025 cloud and AI contracts, pricing and risk on your terms.
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Amazon AI capex and your next AWS deal
Amazon AI capex is surging. Here’s how CTOs can lock price protection, credits and capacity in EDPs and rebalance workloads before costs spike.
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Google AI Search ads: a 30‑day plan
Google AI Search ads go global. Here’s a 30‑day plan to measure cannibalisation, rebalance SEM/SEO, and protect traffic and CAC.
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Volkswagen China-developed software: a guide
What Volkswagen China-developed software going global means for leaders, and how to globalise regional stacks safely with SBOM, compliance and flags.
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Amazon anti-tokenmaxxing memo: a playbook
Amazon anti-tokenmaxxing memo is a cue to rewrite AI acceptance criteria around outcomes, with cost, risk and fallback gates before spending a single…
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Nvidia Meta investment: GPU lock-in risk
Nvidia Meta investment deepens ties and hints at tighter capacity lock-ins. What CTOs should do now on contracts, portability and cloud terms.
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Anthropic S‑1: A 2027 AI Risk Playbook
Anthropic S‑1 flags training pauses, breaches and costs; my 2027 AI risk and budgeting playbook to renegotiate terms and plan continuity.
