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IBM bets its consultants on OpenAI

The labs spent $9 billion buying delivery arms, and IBM just picked both sides at once. If you are not a Fortune 500 account, none of this was built for you.

Zoe Harris, Noah Davis, and Lucas Brown · Aug 19, 2026

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The forward-deployed engineer crunch

Demand for FDEs is projected to grow 2,100% this year. The supply of ones who actually deliver ROI is about 2,000 people. Somebody is not getting one.

Noah Davis · Aug 5, 2026