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August 12, 2026

Beyond Public Models: The Return of Enterprise Control

The discussion about open-source AI has inherited too much baggage from the software industry. Most executives, technologists, and advisers understand open source through Linux, databases, infrastructure software, and applications. The familiar model starts with publicly available code, allows organizations to modify o...
Esteban Kolsky
Analyst Blog
August 9, 2026

Beyond RAG: Where Enterprise AI Value Will Come From

Data to Decisions
Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) solved an important early problem for enterprise AI. Large language models could produce useful responses, but they lacked access to current, proprietary, and company-specific information. RAG provided a practical way to retrieve relevant material from enterprise systems and supply ...
Michael Ni
Esteban Kolsky
Analyst Blog
January 8, 2026

Take the robots. Leave the humanoids (Distillation Aftershots)

Board Strategy
Let’s get the ugliest part of this out of here: humanoid robots are the worst possible path we can take. Despite Hollywood’s love of anthropomorphized animatronics, there are many ...
Esteban Kolsky
Analyst Blog
December 17, 2025

Constellation 2025 Enterprise Awards

Data to Decisions
lt;pgt;This year’s Enterprise Awards honor the trailblazers driving this next chapter of enterprise transformation. After a spirited debate across our analyst team, we’re proud to ...
Liz Miller
Larry Dignan
R "Ray" Wang
Holger Mueller
Martin Schneider
Chirag Mehta
Michael Ni
Esteban Kolsky
Analyst Blog
May 6, 2025

Distilling April 2025

New C-Suite
Well, my first official month as Chief Distllier is over and it has been grea...
Esteban Kolsky