The Zenteck Blog
Operator-grade perspectives on turning AI into measurable EBITDA — not hype.
Who cleans up?
Every major technology shift produces slop. The question that matters was never how much — it's who pays, and whether anyone writes it down. ERP disasters were expensive and concentrated: one company, one contract, one lawsuit. Concentrated pain funds a cleanup market, which is why a consulting industry grew up around fixing ERP. Dot-com wreckage got cleared by price — Global Crossing's $47 billion peak sold for $250 million. The AI era breaks the pattern twice. Enterprise AI failure looks exactly like ERP, yet no company has disclosed a charge for a failed AI program. And beneath it sits a category with no owner at all.
The Most Important Role in AI Development May Not Be the AI Engineer
AI-engineering of software applications is clearly a game changer, but as the system being built gets more complex, it is easy to create a massive amount of "slop". A new breed of architects with equal comfort in technology and business design has become essential.
Welcome to the Zenteck Blog
A brief introduction to our Zenteck blog and what you can expect to find here as we build up momentum and help client solve real operational problems with the right use of AI.