AI agent operations, local AI, persona engineering, and the future of work.
Every company is building an agent to represent their business. Alvin Media believes people need something to represent them — an Ally. Agents vs. Allies, what it looks like in practice, and why this shift matters for regular people.
The AI agent market is projected to hit $52B, but most "agents" on the market aren't agents at all. A practical framework for telling the difference — and the three questions to ask before buying.
Cloud-dependent AI has a shelf life. Local-first agent execution — running on your own hardware, with your own data, under your own control — is the infrastructure story of 2026.
Everyone talks about prompt engineering. But the companies that win will be the ones that master persona engineering — designing specialized AI identities that do specific jobs better than general-purpose agents ever could.