Mohamed F. Ahmed

Field Notes · live series

Dispatches from the
deployment.

Notes from the front lines of enterprise AI — why production, not prototypes, is the real finish line. Each dispatch is archived here as it goes out on LinkedIn.

  1. 03 Forward Deployed Engineering

    Proximity turned out to be the technology

    Three years ago, AWS ran an experiment: what happens if you put applied scientists and strategists directly in the room with customers, instead of shipping them a deck?

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  2. 02 Forward Deployed Engineering

    Not consulting with a cooler name

    Forward Deployed Engineering is not consulting with a cooler name. If it doesn't leave the customer more capable than it found them, it isn't FDE.

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  3. 01 Forward Deployed Engineering

    The last mile

    An MIT study found ~95% of enterprise AI pilots never produce measurable P&L impact. The models were rarely the problem. The last mile was.

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