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Article18 August 2026survey.qartmina.com

AI Usage Statistics 2026: What the Surveys Actually Say

What the 2026 AI adoption surveys agree on, where they contradict each other, and which numbers hold up once you read the methodology.

AI AdoptionResearch

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Article18 August 2026survey.qartmina.com

Most AI Users Have Never Heard of MCP, and It's Not Their Fault

MCP is how AI tools connect to the systems a business already runs. Almost nobody outside engineering knows the term, and the naming is the reason.

MCPResearch

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Article14 August 2026

How to Identify AI Use Cases for Your Business

A step-by-step method for finding AI use cases that actually ship. Score them by value and feasibility, start with one, and build a working MVP instead of another slide deck.

AI StrategyUse Cases

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Article10 August 2026

The EU AI Act Started Enforcing the Easy Part

Transparency rules became enforceable on 2 August 2026. High-risk obligations moved to December 2027 and August 2028. What each deadline requires, and what to do about it this quarter.

ComplianceAI StrategyEnterprise AI

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Article2 August 2026

Qartmina Is Now an OpenAI Select Partner

Qartmina has joined the OpenAI partner ecosystem as a Select Partner. What the status means, and what changes for the businesses we work with.

AnnouncementsPartnershipsOpenAI

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Article28 July 2026

What AI and Data Consulting Actually Costs

Published rates, real project ranges, and the four factors that move a quote by 3x. A buyer-side guide to pricing AI and data work, with the questions that expose a padded proposal.

AI ConsultingProcurementPricingData Engineering

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Article2 July 2026

Why Enterprise AI Pilots Never Reach Production

MIT found 95% of GenAI pilots deliver no measurable impact. The reason isn't the models. It's what sits underneath them — and it's measurable.

AI StrategyData PlatformEnterprise AI

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Article9 June 2026

What You're Actually Paying For When You Buy AI Consulting

The largest AI consultancy says half its AI projects are data modernisation. That single disclosure tells you how to read every AI proposal you receive.

AI ConsultingProcurementData Engineering

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Case Studies

Case Study

E-mail Automation for a Non-Profit

Automated email workflows and CRM integration to streamline donor communications and cut manual processing time by 80%.

MakeAutomation

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Full-Stack Web Platform

A scalable full-stack architecture with a PostgreSQL database, built to grow.

DockerKubernetes

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Ze Feedback: an open source feedback system for your application

Ze Feedback plugs into your frontend with NPM and injects a dashboard route into your existing app so you can read the feedback your users send.

NPMOpen Source

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