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A field guide to running a 12-week AI Innovation POD inside a regulated enterprise — discovery, foundation, build-and-iterate, and production handover.
Across 50+ enterprise engagements, the AI stack has converged on a recognisable shape. Here’s what we see — and what’s still in flux.
A 2026 snapshot of where Tier-1 banks and insurers are spending on AI — underwriting, claims, compliance, fraud, and the long tail of internal copilots.
Domain depth beats model sophistication. A look at the unglamorous things that decide whether an AI underwriting program reaches production.
Building a RAG system that passes regulator scrutiny — what changes in chunking, retrieval, evaluation, and the metadata you keep.
When each commercial model wins, how to structure the contract, and what to put in the SOW for an outcome-priced POD.