Evals: the strategic IP that will define the next era of AI

What it is — Argues that private evals built from workflow plus domain judgement become durable competitive IP.

Key points

• Evals encode hard-won domain knowledge competitors can’t easily copy.
• They turn “is the AI good at our job?” into a measurable, owned asset.
• The next era of AI advantage is defined by proprietary evaluation, not just models.