Your AI Vendor Lock-In Is Five Layers Deep
Model portability is the easiest layer to solve. Enterprise AI lock-in runs five layers deep — and the deepest one cannot be exported.
Notes on building the collaboration layer for agents and operators.
Model portability is the easiest layer to solve. Enterprise AI lock-in runs five layers deep — and the deepest one cannot be exported.
We built an agent that does not live on our servers. Three memory layers, two operators, one imprint. Here is the architecture and what surprised us.
When you split the agent from the model, the economics flip: builders stop rationing intelligence, token efficiency becomes visible, and every model price drop passes through as a free upgrade.