Two Mental Models for Enterprise AI
matt_slotnick · x · 2026-07-16
The author suggests that two distinct mental models for approaching AI are emerging in the enterprise, each leading to different organizational structures:
- Insourcing: The company cultivates an internal pool of "proprietary" intelligence and allocates it across productive use cases.
- Outsourcing: The company contracts with external vendors who package intelligence into workflows, functioning more like a black box to the client.
The key takeaway is that whether a company treats AI as an internal capability asset or an outsourced service will profoundly shape its structure and operations.
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