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Nº 007 / How AI discovery works / Capability

How much should an expert firm publish for AI without giving away what it sells?

Authored by Tarak Batra, Founder, Delphic · Published 2026-07-23 · Updated 2026-08-27

The goal is not maximum publication. It is enough useful public proof to support discovery and trust without reproducing the knowledge clients pay to access. The right boundary can differ by buyer question, and the client controls every movement across it. Delphic can determine whether the present line protects value or merely hides authority.

More is not automatically better

For an expert firm, publication has two costs. Too little public proof can leave valuable authority difficult to discover or trust. Too much can turn research, judgement or method into free source material.

The answer cannot be a firm-wide percentage or a standing instruction to reveal more. Different buyer questions carry different commercial value and sensitivity.

The client owns the line

A useful public record may explain a safe principle openly, establish only that deeper knowledge exists or remain unpublished altogether. The client decides what crosses the boundary in every case.

Delphic can determine whether the current line is preserving value or unnecessarily obscuring authority, then make the trade-off clear. It does not move the boundary automatically.

The result is public proof designed around the commercial question, not exposure for its own sake.

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