Analyst sharing open data and sharing insight about enterprise IT, tech policy, surveys, economics. Bluesky: @lawrencehecht.info
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Lawrence Hecht retweeted
Multi-model strategy is now the default
→ 78% of companies use two or more LLM model families
→ Those using 3+ jumped from 36% to 59% in four months
No one's betting everything on a single vendor anymore. Model flexibility is the new AI strategy
Lawrence Hecht retweeted
Alcohol companies are sitting on huge stockpiles as demand keeps falling. Five of the world’s largest listed spirits makers – Diageo, Pernod Ricard, Campari, Brown-Forman and Rémy Cointreau – are holding about $22bn worth of ageing spirits, the highest inventory level in more than a decade.
ft.com/content/9e6f024c-63b5… HT @knowledge_vital
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That us engineers will not write most (or any) code by hand doesn’t mean what many replies assume it does - that there won’t be demand for SWEs.
The opposite: I expect more demand for software engineers who can build reliable+complex software with LLMs!
newsletter.pragmaticengineer…
Lawrence Hecht retweeted
The State of MCP report from @Zuplo has some notable nuggets...
• 72% of adopters expect MCP usage to increase
• 70% of devs have 2–7 MCP servers configured, often for context engineering
• Security and access control remain top challenges
zuplo.com/mcp-report
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From an eng responsible for AI tooling at a mid-sized company (100+ devs):
"Our execs read a blog post about Claude Code and ask: 'why are we not all using it?'
Me: well, none of you would approve going from $40/mo on GitHub to $65/mo on Cursor...
Claude Code is $150/mo."
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Reddit is testing verification badges techcrunch.com/2025/12/10/re…
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MIT reports that 95% of genAI initiatives don't produce a successful return. So — how do you actually get ROI from an AI initiative? My feature on @CIOonline gets to the bottom of this today.
cio.com/article/4095159/a-ci…
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The bubble right now is in quantum computing, SMR and other gamma-squeezed retail pumps. And to some extent in select frothy large-caps. AI infra contains a few expensive names, but also a bunch going for <20x 2027 EPS if spending forecasts from major players are close to right.
A recent report indicates that companies want to repatriate SOME workloads to private clouds but are lack in-house skills to manage these cloud environments. NOTE, they are focused apps that have 1) security/compliance needs; 2) are data intensive; and 3) are integrated with other systems.
The study did not prove that cost considerations or GenAI reqs are having a big impact on these decisions. devops.com/the-cloud-reset-d…
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Only 27% of Organizations Have Full-Stack Observability, Says Report thenewstack.io/only-27-of-or…
Since 2023, software engineers (developers) have been less keen to leave their Big Tech jobs. Note that of these companies, only Microsoft has seen a slight decline in total dev headcount. newsletter.pragmaticengineer…
23% of Devs Regularly Use AI Agents, per Stack Overflow Survey. AI agents have gained users because 70% of developers who have used one believe it has reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. thenewstack.io/23-of-devs-re… #StackOverflowSurvey
The larger the company, the more likely a developer is to be using GitHub Copilot. This is does not hold true for other AI-coding tools that do not have a sales force to target enterprise-size customers. newsletter.pragmaticengineer…
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Nate Benaich is running a survey for his upcoming State of AI report and it's pretty comprehensive. Figured I'd share if you want to give your two cents as well.
airstreet.typeform.com/surve…
59% of organizations have established a role or office tasked with AI governance, according to a recent survey by @GradFlowTech and Pacific AI. The figure goes down to 36% for companies with <501 employees.
The nuanced question doesn't tell us if these are formal or informal/ad hoc assignments. Note that the sample likely overestimates the true scope of adoption. pacific.ai/2025-ai-governanc…
