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A Pre-Decision Checklist
The checklist from the article.
Confirm whether the AI needs access to your internal data, or just needs to perform a generic task
Estimate how many employees or customers will actually use it — per-seat pricing changes the math fast
Check whether your industry has data compliance rules that limit which vendors you can use
Ask whether you need this once (a project) or continuously (a product feature)
Get a real quote from an agency before assuming in-house hiring is cheaper — the comparison usually surprises people
Review your existing tech stack for what's already paid for and underused, since some "off-the-shelf" AI features are hiding inside tools you already own
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