Jon Gaudette
I’m Head of AI at a Series B company. Most of what I know, I learned by shipping something that didn’t work first.
Every other Tuesday I write about the part nobody demos: evals, cost, hiring, and the architecture decisions you can’t undo.
Latest
Stop hiring “AI Engineers”
The title describes a tool, not a job. Hire for the failure mode you actually have, and the req writes itself.
After the Demo
Every other Tuesday. One idea, worked all the way through. No sponsors, no roundups, no “5 AI tools you need.”
Recent
| № | Date | Title | Min |
|---|---|---|---|
| 004 | Stop hiring “AI Engineers” | 11 | |
| 003 | Your AI feature has a gross margin. Do you know it? | 06 | |
| 002 | The eval you skipped is the outage you’re about to have | 09 | |
| 001 | What a Head of AI actually does all day | 07 |