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Notes from the operator's seat.

Written from inside the installs: what AI infrastructure actually costs, how it gets built, and what changes once it runs.

  1. 9 min read

    How Much Does It Cost to Have AI Agents Built and Run?

    How AI-agent build and operating costs are set: the five price drivers, one set build price after mapping, and separate support only when required.

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  2. 8 min read

    Hire an AI Consultant or Build an In-House AI Team?

    When to hire an AI consultant or implementation partner, when to build an in-house AI team, and the cost, speed, ownership, and operating tradeoffs.

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  3. 9 min read

    Who Can Build and Operate AI Systems Inside Your Company?

    Five ways to get AI systems built and operated inside a company, including who ships the work, who runs it after launch, what it costs, and where each option fails.

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  4. 9 min read

    How We Use AI for Distribution

    How Zoro runs its own content and distribution on AI systems: source intake, platform preparation, the approval gate before publishing, and what stays human.

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  5. 11 min read

    Nine Agents Inside a Consulting Firm: A Build Teardown

    A teardown of nine production AI agents inside a ten-figure consulting firm: what each agent does, what the research costs, what broke, and what it changed.

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  6. 5 min read

    Rebuilding a Recovery Center's Money Operations in Two Days: A Build Teardown

    Inside a real build for a California recovery center: an abandoned QuickBooks replaced by a live bank-fed dashboard that warns before a bill fails to clear.

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  7. 9 min read

    What Actually Happens When You Install AI in a Company

    What really happens when a company installs AI infrastructure: real timelines, the three stall points, the owner's actual job, and week one versus month three.

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  8. 5 min read

    AI Infrastructure: The Numbers from Real Installs

    Every number Zoro has published from real AI infrastructure installs: speed, scale, operating impact, and adoption, each with the page it comes from.

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