Analysis: the forward-deployed engineer bubble

A commentary argues many enterprise AI firms use funding to hire on-site forward-deployed engineers who hand-build functions their 'autonomous' products should offer, booking the work as ARR. OpenAI pledged up to $1.5B to a $10B deployment joint venture, and forward-deployed engineer job postings are up roughly 800%-1,000% YoY.

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