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OpenAI: The Side Quest Problem
Did OpenAI spend 2025 building for users or building for the IPO story? Sora's shutdown suggests the answer. A market reflection.
Mar 29
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Peter Grzybowski
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The Marketplace Blind Spot: When anyone can vibe code an enterprise plugin, who's checking what it actually does?
The green tick on a marketplace app tells you it passed the entry review. It doesn't tell you how it was built, or what it actually has access to.
Mar 22
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Peter Grzybowski
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The AI Hype Debate Continues. Yet Your Vendor Isn't Waiting For It To End.
The debate about whether AI is ready is still happening. The features are already in your environment. Those two things are happening at the same time.
Feb 24
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Peter Grzybowski
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The Jump to Enterprise: What Founders Don’t See Until They’re In
"Connects to everything" is one of the great oversimplifications of enterprise software sales.
Feb 5
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Peter Grzybowski
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Why Every AI Company Suddenly Wants to Be Your Browser
I've been using Comet on and off since it launched. I'm clicking through to sources less. I'm trusting the summary more. I'm not sure that's a good…
Jan 18
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Peter Grzybowski
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After the Champagne: What Happens When the Project Team Leaves
Jan 12
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Peter Grzybowski
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More Than a Number: The Cashrewards Closure and the Broader Lessons for Enterprise Ecosystem Investing
Sep 8, 2025
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Peter Grzybowski
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When AI Praise Feels Like Gaslighting: The Problem with Performative Positivity
Sep 11, 2025
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Peter Grzybowski
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Humans Who Pay for AI Tools Are Basically Test Dummies, And Paying for the Privilege
Oct 2, 2025
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Peter Grzybowski
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Product Takes
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Humans Who Pay for AI Tools Are Basically Test Dummies, And Paying for the Privilege
The AI made a mistake. You corrected it. The company kept the data, kept the subscription fee, and made the product better for everyone else. That's the…
Oct 2, 2025
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Peter Grzybowski
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When Technology Makes Life Harder: Why Product Teams Trade Simplicity for Control and Data
Products keep getting smarter. The experience keeps getting worse. That's not an accident.
Sep 25, 2025
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Peter Grzybowski
The Hidden Cost of AI Integration: What If AI Is Actually Slowing Us Down?
Adding more human oversight isn't the answer if the tool wasn't the right call to begin with.
Sep 22, 2025
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Peter Grzybowski
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Market Reflections
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OpenAI: The Side Quest Problem
Did OpenAI spend 2025 building for users or building for the IPO story? Sora's shutdown suggests the answer. A market reflection.
Mar 29
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Peter Grzybowski
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The AI Hype Debate Continues. Yet Your Vendor Isn't Waiting For It To End.
The debate about whether AI is ready is still happening. The features are already in your environment. Those two things are happening at the same time.
Feb 24
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Peter Grzybowski
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More Than a Number: The Cashrewards Closure and the Broader Lessons for Enterprise Ecosystem Investing
2 million members. Market leadership. $100M written off. The numbers looked right. The fundamentals didn't hold.
Sep 8, 2025
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Peter Grzybowski
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Enterprise systems and product strategy, minus the hype. For the people selecting, implementing, and operating the platforms that organisations run on. Written from the chair, not the sidelines.
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