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The Hidden Costs of Managed Inference APIs Nobody Mentions Upfront

The Hidden Costs of Managed Inference APIs Nobody Mentions Upfront

Managed inference APIs look simple on the pricing page. Pay per token, no infrastructure to manage, done. Then your usage scales, and the bill starts telling a different story. The hidden costs of managed inference APIs rarely show up in the headline rate — they show up in the fine print,

PIPEDA vs. Bill 25 vs. CPPA: A Plain-English Compliance Map for Canadian AI Teams

PIPEDA vs. Bill 25 vs. CPPA: A Plain-English Compliance Map for Canadian AI Teams

This is general information, not legal advice. For anything contract- or project-specific, talk to a privacy lawyer. Ask five people on a Canadian compliance team which privacy law governs their AI project, and you'll get five different answers: PIPEDA, Bill 25, "the CPPA," sometimes GDPR because

Why Task Planning Is the Missing Layer in Most Enterprise AI Deployments

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Why Task Planning Is the Missing Layer in Most Enterprise AI Deployments

Companies are investing heavily in AI models and integrations — but skipping the layer that determines whether those investments actually deliver value Enterprise AI spending is at an all-time high. Organizations are licensing frontier models, building custom fine-tunes, deploying vector databases, and integrating AI capabilities into every corner of their software

Bill 25 Decoded: How Canadian LLM Deployments Must Adapt to Stay Compliant

Bill 25 Decoded: How Canadian LLM Deployments Must Adapt to Stay Compliant

Regulatory scrutiny on artificial intelligence is no longer theoretical. In Canada, Quebec's Bill 25 has moved from policy to active enforcement — and the organizations that assumed compliance was primarily a legal team problem are finding out, the hard way, that it was an infrastructure problem all along. The

What Canada's 'Sovereign Compute' Means for Local Tech Startups

What Canada's 'Sovereign Compute' Means for Local Tech Startups

There's a conversation happening right now in boardrooms, startup offices, and government buildings across Canada — and it goes something like this: Where exactly is our data living, and who actually controls it? It's not a paranoid question. It's a practical one. And sovereign compute

Why Data Residency Does Not Equal Data Sovereignty

Why Data Residency Does Not Equal Data Sovereignty

Every week, another Canadian bank, insurer, or law firm hears the same promise from a US cloud sales rep: "Your data stays in Canada." It’s technically true. It’s also legally meaningless. As agentic AI moves into core workflows—adjudicating claims, drafting contracts, and screening financial transactions—

Why Canadian AI Companies Should Build on Nebula Block

Why Canadian AI Companies Should Build on Nebula Block

Every Canadian company scaling an enterprise AI product arrives at the same crossroads: your stack works, your product is ready, and your first serious enterprise deal is finally on the table. Then legal review starts — and everything freezes. The question that kills the deal isn't about your model&