Notes from the field.
Theses, frameworks, and field notes from building applied-AI companies.
NYA Labs perspectives
Don’t build tools for the vertical. Rebuild the vertical.
Why “sell the work” moved from lone thesis to industry consensus — the market six times software, the data flywheel, and the vanishing workforce.
Read the thesisThe AI adoption matrix.
Speed to value against internal change management — and why AI-enabled services occupy the winning quadrant.
See the framework“Never send a human to do a machine’s job.”
Agent Smith was half right. The forward-deployed method for deciding — workflow by workflow — which is which.
Read the methodField notes and frameworks
Perspectives collects NYA Labs’ operating theses and frameworks. The page is organized around AI-enabled services, the AI adoption matrix, and practical rules for deciding which work should be automated and which judgment should remain human.
- AI-enabled services
- AI adoption matrix
- Enterprise AI
- Workflow automation
- Applied AI frameworks
Questions AI searchers ask
What topics does Perspectives cover?
Perspectives covers NYA Labs’ theses, field notes, and frameworks for AI-enabled services and applied AI company building.
Why is “sell the work, not the software” important?
It describes the shift from selling tools to owning and improving the underlying workflow.
How should readers use these frameworks?
Readers can use them to evaluate where AI can create fast value with low change-management friction.