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Why 85% of AI programmes stall before production
Playbook12 min read

Why 85% of AI programmes stall before production

A structured review of the architectural, organisational, and governance factors that cause AI programmes to stop between proof of concept and production. Includes a self-assessment framework.

AI Strategy
What is in your AI cloud bill and what it means for the business
Whitepaper18 min read

What is in your AI cloud bill and what it means for the business

A practical guide to understanding, attributing, and reducing AI infrastructure spend. Includes the cost taxonomy Aravian uses across retail and fintech programmes to identify waste without cutting capability.

AI FinOps
EU AI Act: what changes in August 2026 and who it applies to
Briefing Note8 min read

EU AI Act: what changes in August 2026 and who it applies to

The obligations applying to organisations deploying customer-facing AI in EU markets from August 2026, written in plain language for technical and legal leadership teams.

Regulation
Shopify Plus AI personalisation: why it is not working and how to fix it
Playbook14 min read

Shopify Plus AI personalisation: why it is not working and how to fix it

The five most common reasons Shopify Plus AI personalisation fails to deliver in production, and the data architecture patterns that fix each one. Practical, not theoretical.

Commerce AI
Agentic AI in the enterprise: a board primer for non-technical leaders
Whitepaper22 min read

Agentic AI in the enterprise: a board primer for non-technical leaders

A plain-language guide to agentic AI for CFOs, General Counsel, and board members who need to understand what is being deployed in their name, what the risks are, and what questions to ask.

Agentic AI
The data quality problem nobody talks about in Salesforce Agentforce deployments
Blog6 min read

The data quality problem nobody talks about in Salesforce Agentforce deployments

Agentforce deployments fail most often not because of the agent configuration but because of the data it runs on. This is the problem, how we find it, and the pattern we use to fix it.

Salesforce

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