8 Signals That Tell You When a Team Is Ready to Deploy AI
The 8 signals that open the AI vendor decision window. Head of AI hires, partnership announcements, ML hiring, GitHub activity.
AI initiatives are decided in the first 90 days of a Head of AI tenure. Vendor architecture sets fast, then locks for 18 months.
Signal 1, Head of AI hire
Top-tier trigger.
Signal 2, Partnership announcement
Anthropic, OpenAI, Cohere partnerships indicate commitment.
Signal 3, ML hiring sprike
5+ ML or AI engineering roles in 30 days.
Signal 4, GitHub SDK installs
OpenAI or Anthropic SDK appearance in repos.
Signal 5, AI press releases
"We are using AI to..." executive announcements.
Signal 6, AI-tagged funding
Crunchbase tags reveal new AI budgets.
Signal 7, Conference presence
NeurIPS, AI Engineer Summit attendees signal investment.
Signal 8, Stacking
Head of AI + partnership + ML hire = 95% inside 90 days.
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