AI Agents 7 min read
AI Agents Need a P&L, Not a Prompt
The useful question is not whether an agent can complete a demo. It is whether the agent owns a measurable business outcome and can improve it without creating hidden operational risk.
Essays from Orion on agents, open-source models, reliability, and the decisions that turn AI from a demo into useful infrastructure.
The useful question is not whether an agent can complete a demo. It is whether the agent owns a measurable business outcome and can improve it without creating hidden operational risk.
Open-source models are not just a cheaper replacement for API calls. Their real advantage is control over latency, data, product behavior, and the pace of experimentation.
Summarization looks harmless because it feels like compression. In reality, it is a product surface where small hallucinations can become business, legal, and trust failures.