Episode Talking Points

Picking the wrong AI path can cost you quarters and millions. Get a dead-simple framework to decide: build in-house, buy a platform, partner with specialists, or acquire a team, plus real costs, risks, and playbooks.

You'll get:

• 7-question scorecard to choose your path in minutes
• Year-1 and 3-year cost realities (TCO, payback, "caretaking" budget)
• How to avoid lock-in: abstraction, export rights, multi-model failover
• Clear playbooks for Build, Buy, Partner (BOT), and Acquire
• Ecom case clinics and 90-day rollout plan with POC gates

Concepts: Build for moats, Buy for speed, Partner for acceleration, Acquire when time is the bottleneck. Price the downside, keep your off-ramp real, scale only what's boringly reliable.

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