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The CAIO is my monthly newsletter for CTOs, CIOs and everyone who has to make AI work inside a real organisation. Each edition takes the patterns I see in the field and turns them into something you can act on: what is working, what is breaking, and what it means for how you build and run technology.
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Editions 1 to 4 went out under the newsletter’s original name, The Cybernetic CxO. The rename is explained in Edition 5.
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It Does Not Matter Who Typed It: When Anyone Can Ship, the Gate Is the Job
Edition 8. When anyone can ship, the gate becomes the job. Why a green build is not evidence, why …
The Bottleneck Was Never the Model: The Month the Discipline Argument Got Its Numbers
Edition 7. The month the discipline argument got its numbers. Why the bottleneck was never the …
The Bill Arrives: Is This AI Request Worth 100 Dollars?
Edition 6. The AI bill arrives and the question becomes whether a single request is worth 100 …
Afraid of Your Own Culture
Edition 5, and the first issue under the new name The CAIO. What 500 senior leaders admitted about …
Democratization of Liability: When Vibe Coding Hits the Real World
Edition 4. When anyone can ship code, liability spreads with it. Why an exoskeleton is a better …
The 750 Billion Dollar Question: Is AI Actually Replacing Anyone?
Edition 3. The 750 billion dollar question behind the AI jobs debate. What 2026 actually revealed …
Why 93% of your AI budget is in the wrong place
Edition 2. Why 93 percent of your AI budget sits in the wrong place, eight predictions for 2026, and …
Why Moving Fast With AI Often Means Moving Backward
Edition 1. Teams ship AI-generated code that nobody understands and call it progress. Why AI gets …
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