What John Henry and farmers can tell us about the future of AI

Growing up, one of my favorite stories was the legend of John Henry, the “steel-driving man.” Born with a hammer in his hand, he was the best railroad worker there was, renowned for his strength and skill. The story goes that he raced against a steam-powered drill to dig a tunnel. John Henry won, proving…

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Fine-Tuning vs Frontier Models: Making the Right AI Investment

At Larridin, we focus on helping organizations understand and improve knowledge work productivity. However, measuring real productivity isn’t straightforward. Common metrics like lines of code or emails sent can mislead—often rewarding quantity over quality. True productivity insights emerge from subtle interactions: how engineers discuss complex problems, how salespeople navigate intricate negotiations, or how efficiently operations…

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Beyond Productivity: Why Organizational Fitness Matters in the Age of AI

Ever since Adam Smith talked about improvement in efficiency through division of labor, and likely well before that, companies have looked for ways to be more productive. Some key milestones in productivity improvement include: What all these luminaries have in common is that they found themselves at a point in time where it was possible…

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The Larridin Story

The future of work is collaborative – humans and AI working in tandem. That’s why we’re launching Larridin. Our platform enables organizations to continuously measure and optimize the productivity of this new workforce equation: people and their AI counterparts. Many tech luminaries understand the importance of this vision, which enabled us to raise $17M in…

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