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Token prices fell 67%, yet AI bills keep climbing. Tarun Thummala on why agents multiply usage and why token-usage analytics comes first.
Nov 14, 2026
98% of FinOps teams now manage AI spend. Tarun Thummala on the 2027 token-usage analytics trends and why PE portfolios need AI FinOps.
52% of companies have no clear owner of AI costs. Tarun Thummala on why token spend needs one name, real attribution and an outcome next to it.
A buyer's guide to AI token-usage analytics: compare tools and partners, what to ask, and how to tie Claude spend to the teams and work it pays for.
A 6-step guide to tracking AI token usage across portfolio companies: attribute spend by team, route models, cache prompts, and set spend caps.
Build, buy or blend? Tarun Thummala on 2027 custom AI app trends and how PE portfolios should decide workflow by workflow.
A third of builders have replaced a SaaS tool with a custom build. Tarun Thummala on which portfolio software to build, keep buying, or cancel.
A quickstart for measuring the ROI of a custom AI app: baseline the workflow, use one simple formula, and track adoption and payback at 30, 60, 90 days.
Eval scores and latency don't move a CFO. Tarun Thummala on the custom AI app metrics finance trusts: cost per task, cycle time and payback.
A buyer's guide to custom AI apps that scale: when to build vs. buy, how to compare engagement models, and what to ask an AI development partner.
A 5-step guide to building a custom AI app for a portfolio company: choose the use case, scope it, design the architecture, build, and launch.
Nov 13, 2026
Is an AI readiness assessment worth the spend? A quickstart for measuring its ROI by the decisions it changed, plus the signs it became shelfware.
Nov 5, 2026
A quickstart worksheet for the ROI of ongoing AI training: retained users, net hours, full support cost and break-even. Tarun Thummala on what it misses.
A quickstart for custom Claude agent ROI: time the manual baseline, log hands-off rate, and fill a six-input payback worksheet in 90 days.
A one-line worksheet for measuring data engineering partner ROI, with a worked example. Tarun Thummala on counting hours, speed and spend honestly.
A one-page quickstart for data lake ROI: baseline four numbers, count hard savings and hours returned, and treat AI use cases as upside.
A quickstart for measuring forward deployed AI engineering ROI: four inputs, two formulas, and why time to production matters most.
Seats and logins don't move a P&L. Tarun Thummala on the AI adoption metrics CFOs care about: net hours, workflow coverage and cost per unit of work.
Nov 4, 2026
Most PE theses now bank on AI upside. Tarun Thummala on why an AI & data readiness read belongs in diligence before the IC vote, not after close.
Tarun Thummala on proving a Claude agent's value: price the human task, count every agent cost, and divide by the work your team kept.
Uptime and test counts don't answer a CFO. Tarun Thummala on five data engineering metrics finance actually reads, tied to cost, risk and speed.
Terabytes and uptime don't tell a CFO much. Tarun Thummala on the five data lake metrics finance actually reads, from cost per workload to AI readiness.
AI labs are hiring forward deployed engineers. Tarun Thummala on what that says about the last mile, and what PE portfolios should do about it.
Shadow AI is already in your portfolio. Tarun Thummala on why AI governance has to start from real usage, triage and role-based permissions.
A buyer's guide for PE leaders choosing an AI data lake partner: engagement models, questions to ask, and how to spot a lake that compounds.
Nov 3, 2026
A buyer's guide for PE and capital firm leaders: what to ask AI readiness assessment partners, how to vet past work, and what deployment takes.
Gartner expects 60% of AI projects without AI-ready data to be abandoned. Tarun Thummala on the 2027 trends closing the gap between AI ambition and data.
A buyer's guide to AI security and governance: engagement models, questions to ask partners, how to measure controls, and mistakes to avoid.
A buyer's guide to AI training and support: engagement models compared, questions to ask a partner, and how to measure adoption that sticks.
Generic AI courses don't change habits. Tarun Thummala on the 2027 shift to role-specific AI training, visible leadership use and usage data.
MCP, Agent Skills and background agents are reshaping custom Claude agents. Tarun Thummala on the 2027 trends and what to do about each now.
A buyer's guide to custom Claude agents for PE firms: build, buy, or partner, what to ask a Claude partner, and how to tell if an agent works.
A buyer's guide for PE and mid-market leaders: data engineering engagement models, questions to ask partners, and how to measure results.
Data engineering trends for 2027: why semantic layers, context engineering and a context layer decide whether AI agents get your numbers right.
Standalone data lakes are fading. Tarun Thummala on the 2027 lakehouse trends and why PE-backed companies should own the lakehouse they build.
The EU AI Act delay moved high-risk rules to Dec 2027, but transparency rules already apply. What it means for PE portfolios in 2027.
A buyer's guide to forward deployed AI engineering: engagement models, how to choose a partner, what to measure, and the mistakes that waste budget.
AI labs are buying up forward deployed engineers. Tarun Thummala on the 2027 FDE talent war and how mid-market firms get deployment capacity.
Consumer AI tools can train on your data by default. Four ways LP data leaves an investment firm, what the SEC is examining, and how to put guardrails in place.
Nov 2, 2026·Liam DeCoste
A quickstart for Claude deployment ROI: one worksheet, three workflows, full costs and a realization rate. Tarun Thummala on a number you can defend.
Nov 2, 2026
Seats activated is the wrong Claude rollout metric. Tarun Thummala on what to track in the first 90 days: active users, workflows, hours, cost.
Blackstone and Anthropic launched a Claude services firm. Tarun Thummala on the 2027 Claude deployment trends mid-market PE sponsors should plan for.
A Claude rollout pays off when it can reach your CRM, ERP and data room. Tarun Thummala on why connectors decide what your Claude seats are worth.
Gartner expects over 40% of agentic AI projects to be canceled by 2027. Tarun Thummala on the build decisions that keep your Claude agent alive.
AI agents fail on bad data first. Tarun Thummala on the pipelines, entity resolution and access controls that agent budgets skip.
Run an AI & data readiness assessment in 4 weeks: prep, discovery, readiness scoring, use case ranking, and a roadmap with a pilot-ready first initiative.
Build an AI governance framework that speeds deployment: risk tiers, role-based access, platform guardrails, and audit trails, plus a checklist.
Is your data AI-ready? Tarun Thummala's six questions, each with a board-ready number, to answer before you fund a single AI pilot.
Half of trained employees say their AI training isn't ongoing. Tarun Thummala on why adoption fades after launch and what support keeps it going.
A 4-step guide to AI training and support for PE portfolio companies: train on real workflows, back champions, embed support, and measure outcomes.
A 5-step guide to AI-ready data pipelines: scope to the use case, build tested ingestion, run production RAG, monitor quality, and govern access.
A 4-step guide to building custom Claude agents for private equity: map the workflow, set the judgment boundary, build for production, and own it.
A 6-step guide for PE firms to build a portfolio-wide data lake for AI: anchor questions, data mapping, hub-and-spoke design, governance, and agents.
A 4-step guide to working with forward deployed engineers: prepare your team, embed them, move AI from pilot to production, and own what ships.
LPs now ask about AI in DDQs. Tarun Thummala on what they are really checking, why overclaiming is risky, and what a good governance answer includes.
Tarun Thummala on why the data flowing between a PE firm and its portfolio companies is the AI asset no competitor or model vendor can copy.
Many AI vendors now call solutions engineers FDEs. Tarun Thummala on five questions that show whether your AI partner's engineers can really build.
A buyer's guide for PE leaders on Claude deployment: Team vs. Enterprise, five deployment options, partner questions, and how to measure performance.
A 4-step guide to deploying Claude Enterprise across portfolio companies: one reviewed baseline, one security review, a repeatable rollout, central visibility.
Track these 5 AI token-usage metrics to see how Claude is used across your portfolio companies, where spend leaks, and which teams drive ROI in 2027.
Oct 26, 2026
Close deals faster with less manual work. These 15 AI use cases for private equity deal management cover sourcing, diligence, and IC memos in 2027.
Oct 21, 2026
AI tools fail when teams don't use them. Meet the 15 best AI change management partners for private equity firms in 2027, judged on adoption and ROI.
Portfolio data scattered across systems? Compare 15 AI data lake build-out partners for private equity firms in 2027 on timelines, strengths, and fit.
Know where your data stands before you build. We ranked the 15 best AI and data readiness assessment partners for PE firms in 2027 on speed and depth.
Lock down governance before your portcos scale AI. Here are the 15 best AI security and compliance partners for private equity in 2027, and how to pick one.
AI licenses only pay off when people use them. The 15 best AI training and support partners for PE portfolio companies in 2027 turn seats into daily habits.
Bad data pipelines stall every AI project. These 15 data engineering partners for private equity in 2027 are ranked by strengths, fit, and what to ask first.
Embedded engineers ship AI faster. Here are the 15 best forward deployed AI engineering partners for PE and portfolio companies in 2027, by depth and results.
Rolling Claude out across a portfolio? Start with the 15 best Claude deployment partners for private equity firms in 2027, ranked by setup speed and security.
Oct 20, 2026
Need custom Claude agents that run real workflows with your org? See the 15 best custom Claude agent partners for Private Equity firms and Portcos in 2027, rated on a variety of metrics.
As we continue to grow, we're excited to announce a bunch of new faces in the office. We saw incredible growth through Q2, and the signals for Q3 look great, which lets us keep investing in our team.
Oct 16, 2026·Lauren Jade Martin
Our AI maturity framework for operating partners and portfolio company leadership — what each stage looks like, where most firms stall, and how to benchmark your own organization and personal usage.
Sep 21, 2026·Bryson Greenwood
Co-Founder & CEO Tarun Thummala reflects on the first half of 2026, while staying laser-focused on what's ahead for the PressW team.
Jul 16, 2026·Tarun Thummala
Simple automation breaks down in compliance-heavy environments. Here's why AI agents with reasoning capabilities are the future of regulated operations.
Jan 20, 2025·Liam DeCoste
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