PushButton AI Team ·

You didn't buy the wrong AI tool. You bought it at the wrong time — before asking the right question. That $200/month sitting unused isn't a failure of your team. It's what happens when vendors sell
You didn't buy the wrong AI tool. You bought it at the wrong time — before asking the right question.
That $200/month sitting unused isn't a failure of your team. It's what happens when vendors sell features instead of fit. You're not tech-stupid. You're just working with people who skipped the most important step.
Here's the shift worth paying attention to: the real question about any software in your business is no longer "does it integrate with everything?" It's "is it actually ready to work with AI?" Most tools you're already running weren't built with that in mind. That's why bolt-on AI features feel clunky and forced.
You don't need to replace anything. You need to audit what you have. One afternoon with your operations lead asking "where does work slow down or repeat itself?" will surface more useful AI opportunities than any consultant pitch deck.
Pick one friction point. Find one AI-capable tool that addresses it. Measure the result in 30 days. That's your first real win — and it costs less than a month of the tool nobody uses.
Before you buy anything new, what's the one task in your business that eats time every single week without fail?
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An opinion piece published today reframes the long-running integrated-suite versus best-of-breed question with a new deciding criterion: AI readiness.