Cross Industry
Business Process Audit Checklist for Finding Costly Manual Work
A source-backed audit checklist for mapping inputs, steps, decisions, resources, waste, and measurable improvement actions.
PATech Labs News
Intelligence Brief
What's happening with AI in business: facts, primary sources, and named authors. In English, Russian, and Spanish.
Cross Industry
Before You Automate SMS Follow Up: A Consent and Record Checklist
A technical checklist for defining scope, recording covered written consent, accepting revocation, suppressing outreach, and retaining do not call requests before SMS follow up is automated.
Cross Industry
Website Accessibility Preflight for Small Businesses: Forms, Keyboard Paths, and Mobile Checks
A practical, source-backed review of website forms, keyboard navigation, labels, and cross-device accessibility for US small businesses.
FinTech
Chime Cuts 10% of Its Workforce and Names AI as the Reason
Chime is cutting about 150 jobs, roughly 10% of its workforce, and points to AI efficiency. The automation behind the decision sits in the back office, not the product. What the memo actually says, and what a 40-person business should take from it.
Aug 3, 20265 min read22
Enterprise
AI Receptionist Cost for a Small Business: What to Compare Before You Buy
A source-backed framework for comparing an AI receptionist with human reception coverage without confusing list price, wages, scope, and operating risk.
Enterprise
AI Agent vs Chatbot: What Changes When Software Can Act
A practical guide to the difference between chatbots, workflows, and AI agents, including tool permissions, human approval, cost, latency, and a safer path to deployment.
Enterprise
Google AI Ad Disclosures: What Small Businesses Need to Know
Google is adding information about AI-created ad assets to My Ad Center. Here is what the feature does, what it does not prove, and how a small business can build a safer review workflow.
Enterprise
AI Voice Agent Compliance: A Prelaunch Checklist for US Small Businesses
A practical way to separate inbound answering, outbound telemarketing, call recording, disclosure, and escalation before an AI receptionist goes live.
Jul 29, 20266 min read11
Cross Industry
Your Google Traffic Is Dropping, but Your Customers Did Not Disappear
Falling Google traffic no longer means demand is falling. Customers are getting answers from AI before they visit, so local businesses need current, consistent facts that machines can verify.
Jul 27, 202615 min read6
Enterprise
OpenAI Launches Presence, a Managed Platform for Enterprise Voice and Chat Agents
OpenAI introduced Presence, an enterprise platform for voice and chat AI agents that is deployed by OpenAI engineers rather than sold as self-service. Early customers include BBVA Mexico, SoftBank and IAG. We break down the launch facts and what they mean for banks, clinics and call centers.
Jul 24, 20265 min read26
Video
Enterprise AI agents in 2026: adoption surges while projects get cut
Enterprise AI agents are spreading fast, but Gartner and McKinsey data show a sharp gap between adoption, scale, and durable business value.
Healthcare
FDA Clears First Patient-Facing LLM as a Medical Device
The FDA cleared UpDoc's type 2 diabetes software, the first medical device built on a patient-facing LLM. Here is what agentic clinical AI under regulation means for clinics and for teams building compliant AI agents.
Jul 22, 20265 min read101