FN / 03 Field note
Three useful agents, and four that are not.
A field taxonomy from twelve months of production agent deployments across four industries. The list of things agents are not yet good at is longer than most vendors will admit.
Insights & Field Notes · Vol. 01 A bureau of record for enterprise AI practice 12 May 2026
Insights & Field Notes
4 entries · Most recent first
FN / 04 · Field note Engineering
Evaluation as the new release gate.
On replacing manual QA with evaluation harnesses — and what it changes about how an enterprise engineering organisation is staffed, structured, and held accountable.
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FN / 02 Position
On underwriting AI ROI.
What changes about a business case when the system delivering it is itself evolving on a weekly cadence. A framework for writing business cases that do not collapse at first contact with production.
FN / 01 Position
A note on what we are not.
The opening position. On why ATS Meridian is neither a consultancy nor a startup, and why that distinction matters more to the CIO than to the vendor pitching them.
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§ Field notes & positions May 2026 Engineering
FN / 03 Three useful agents, and four that are not A field taxonomy from twelve months of production agent deployments across four industries. The list of things agents are not yet good at is longer than most vendors will admit. Practice — Strategy Apr 2026 Strategy
FN / 02 On underwriting AI ROI What changes about a business case when the system delivering it is itself evolving on a weekly cadence. A framework for cases that survive contact with production. Office of the President Mar 2026 Strategy
FN / 01 A note on what we are not The opening position. On why ATS Meridian is neither a consultancy nor a startup, and why that distinction matters more to the CIO than to the vendor pitching them. Office of the President Feb 2026 Position
Enterprise AI in regulated industries: a practitioner's guide to evaluation-first delivery.
ATS Meridian · Position paper · 2026
§ Position paper · PP / 01
Enterprise AI in regulated industries.
A practitioner's guide to evaluation-first delivery — written for CIOs, CDOs, and the engineering leads who have to make AI work in environments where hallucinations are not acceptable and audit trails are mandatory.
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