AI due diligence checklist for operators and leadership teams
What to inspect when a vendor, product, or target company says AI is central to the value story.
This section captures how I think about AI systems that need to work beyond a demo environment: document workflows, delivery discipline, control design, and practical implementation questions.
What to inspect when a vendor, product, or target company says AI is central to the value story.
A practical way to tell whether a convincing demo has the controls and operating discipline needed for real usage.
The basic safeguards, eval practices, and observability layers that should exist before usage scales.
Bring the article, the decision in front of you, and the strongest source of internal disagreement. That is usually enough to identify whether there is a useful next step.