Alberto Cañizares — operational aiShort essays and frameworks on operational AI by Alberto Cañizares. AI readiness, automation, decision systems, and the foundations companies need before scaling AI.https://albertocanizares.comen© 2026 alberto cañizaresalberto@aicompass.ai (Alberto Cañizares)alberto@aicompass.ai (Alberto Cañizares)the year no competitor can buyhttps://albertocanizares.com/notes/twelve-monthshttps://albertocanizares.com/notes/twelve-monthsa real industrial company. one model anyone can buy. the layer above it — twelve months of work to build — is what they actually own.Sat, 16 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTcompound betsoperational aithe bet map (framework)https://albertocanizares.com/frameworks/betshttps://albertocanizares.com/frameworks/betsnot every ai project deserves a budget. most deserve a pass.Fri, 08 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTframeworkoperational aifoundations before aihttps://albertocanizares.com/notes/foundations-before-aihttps://albertocanizares.com/notes/foundations-before-aithe system underneath the model is the project. most teams skip it and call it strategy.Wed, 22 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTai readinessoperational aiyour ai problem isn't an ai problemhttps://albertocanizares.com/notes/not-an-ai-problemhttps://albertocanizares.com/notes/not-an-ai-problemevery ai failure i've audited had a different name on the post-mortem. it was never the model.Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTai readinessoperational aiorder → automate → augment (framework)https://albertocanizares.com/frameworks/ladderhttps://albertocanizares.com/frameworks/ladderthe only sequence that makes ai stick.Thu, 12 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTframeworkoperational aithree signs your ai pilot is decorationhttps://albertocanizares.com/notes/ai-theaterhttps://albertocanizares.com/notes/ai-theaterthe chatbot nobody opens. the dashboard nobody references. the demo that became the slide.Sun, 08 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTcompound betsoperational aiai readiness model (framework)https://albertocanizares.com/frameworks/readinesshttps://albertocanizares.com/frameworks/readinessmost ai projects fail before the first prompt. not because the model is wrong.Thu, 05 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTframeworkoperational aiai-ready isn't a tech project. it's a knowledge project.https://albertocanizares.com/notes/knowledge-projecthttps://albertocanizares.com/notes/knowledge-projectthe model invents the parts nobody wrote down. structuring knowledge for ai is harder than buying ai.Sun, 14 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMTknowledge architectureoperational ai