Notes on AI that actually helps.

What we learn building AI tools for real businesses — written in plain language, with real examples. No hype, no names.

Strategy, costs & ROI

19 August 2026·5 min read

AI and jobs: should your SMB rethink junior salaries?

Two studies published days apart in mid-August 2026 draw a paradox for SMB leaders: Lloyds Bank’s barometer shows 54% of UK businesses say AI has created new jobs, while Germany’s Ifo Institute finds half of AI-using companies plan to cut starting salaries for staff with under five years’ experience. What this actually means for your hiring and training decisions this fall.

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Strategy, costs & ROI

12 August 2026·5 min read

ChatGPT Business Premium at $125: what OpenAI’s new tier reveals about the real cost of agentic AI for your SMB

On August 10, 2026, OpenAI launched a Premium tier for ChatGPT Business at $125 per user per month — five times the usage of the $25 Standard tier, with no five-hour cap. This tier split, arriving ahead of OpenAI’s planned IPO, exposes a simple fact: the more your teams use AI agentically, the more a generalist per-seat subscription costs. Here’s what it means for your SMB.

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Strategy, costs & ROI

8 August 2026·4 min read

Claude Sonnet 5’s promotional pricing ends August 31: what a 50% token price hike changes for your SME’s AI agents

Anthropic’s own pricing page confirms it: Claude Sonnet 5’s introductory rate expires August 31, 2026, and standard pricing takes effect September 1 — 50% more per token, on the model most production AI agents actually run on. Here is what to check before the bill changes.

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Strategy, costs & ROI

29 July 2026·5 min read

AI at work: OpenAI study finds 43% of skilled use crosses job boundaries — what it means for your SMB

A July 27, 2026 OpenAI study of over 800,000 business messages found that 43.5% of occupation-specific ChatGPT use involves tasks belonging to another profession — up to 77% among customer service teams. What this AI-driven role-blending means for how a small business organizes its team.

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Strategy, costs & ROI

25 July 2026·5 min read

AI mental wellbeing app for employees: build custom or subscribe to a platform?

AI-powered mental wellbeing apps for employees are multiplying, almost all sold as a generic per-seat subscription. The three-question test to know whether you should build your own instead — costs, GDPR and the line with human care included.

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Strategy, costs & ROI

24 July 2026·5 min read

Operations report #1 — July 2026: the real numbers of the fleet we run

First edition of our monthly operations report. Every figure below comes from a measurable API — Google Search Console, our project registry, our server crontabs. Including what didn’t work.

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