Posts tagged with "AI"

You Need More Than a Big LLM

Most “enterprise AI strategies” I hear boil down to:

Buy a big GPU, pick a big LLM, put it near our data, done.

That’s not a strategy. That’s a shopping list.

This article builds on the foundation established in “AI systems that stay behind your firewall”, which outlines why enterprises need internal AI solutions. Here, we explore how to architect those solutions.

Chat Interfaces vs. Process Automation

Here’s what often gets missed: LLMs with chat interfaces are excellent for ad-hoc knowledge work, and I’m not arguing against their value. When an employee needs to draft a proposal, research a topic, or brainstorm ideas, a conversational AI interface is genuinely useful.

AI systems that stay behind your firewall

In nearly every finance-related organization I’ve encountered, a common pattern emerges:

Official policy states: “No ChatGPT, no external AI tools - compliance forbids it.”

The reality is that employees use these tools anyway, often in silence, due to overwhelming workloads.

This isn’t merely about “productivity hacks.” Employees are sharing parts of contracts, project documents, internal emails, and even client data with third-party tools operated by companies outside their own infrastructure and sometimes outside the EU.