UPSTREAM TITLE: Forward-deployed engineering is how enterprise AI learns
SHORT SUMMARY: Zeta chief data officer Neej Gore argues that enterprise AI vendors should judge forward-deployed engineering by whether field discoveries become reusable product capabilities rather than recurring bespoke services. The piece proposes measuring engineering hours per deployment, time-to-value, reuse, and productization lag to distinguish compounding FDE learning from delivery labor.
OUTLET: VentureBeat / Zeta
LINK: https://venturebeat.com/orchestration/forward-deployed-engineering-is-how-enterprise-ai-learns