Lynk AI Blog
Forward Deployed Engineering: Lessons from Palantir's Original Playbook
Palantir invented the Forward Deployed Engineer role in the early 2010s. The lessons from that original playbook — what FDE teams at OpenAI, Anthropic, and Ramp inherited, and where the model breaks — in 1000 words.
Lynk AI vs Automation Anywhere: Agent Studio Wraps Selector-Based RPA
Automation Anywhere's AI Agent Studio is a low-code builder for governed AI agents, but the runtime underneath is still selector-based RPA. Lynk AI runs agent reasoning as the core execution layer. Here's who wins for which workflow.
Lynk AI vs Make.com: The Module Can Reason, the Runtime Can't
Make.com bolted Make AI Agents onto its visual scenario canvas in April 2025. Lynk AI is agent-first: the runtime is the agent. Here's where each tool wins, and the bolt-on tax that shows up when work is unstructured.
Lynk AI vs UiPath: When the Selector Breaks, the Bot Stops
UiPath Autopilot is a 2024 copilot layered on UiPath's selector-based RPA engine; Lynk AI puts agent reasoning at the runtime layer. Which one wins depends on whether your inputs are stable or drift weekly.
Forward Deployed Engineer vs. Consultant: Why the Handoff Kills Your AI Project
AI projects stall at the handoff. A Forward Deployed Engineer commits code to your repo, ships the evals, and stays through the first production incidents. A consultant ships a deck and exits. This post breaks down when each model is the right hire.
Lynk AI vs Zapier: Stateless Agents on Top of Linear Zaps
Zapier Agents wraps an agent layer around a 2011 trigger engine and 9,000 connectors. Lynk AI is agent-first: one reasoning runtime for unpredictable inbound, multi-system decisions, and exceptions Zaps were never built to handle.
Lynk AI vs Intercom Fin: Retrieval Isn't Reasoning
Intercom Fin is a RAG-based support bot stacked with Procedures and a Fin Operator supervisor. Lynk AI is an AI-native agent runtime. Where each wins, where each falls short, and how to decide.
How a Forward Deployed Engineer Ships an Agentic AI Workflow in 4 Weeks
A Forward Deployed Engineer ships an agentic AI workflow into production in four weeks because the engineer scoping the work writes the code. Here's what each week looks like, where the model wins, and where it doesn't.
Lynk AI vs Pega: Design-Time AI Can't Reason at Runtime
Pega GenAI Blueprint generates case types and BPMN at design time, then hands off to Pega's classic case-management runtime. Lynk AI is agent-first — the runtime itself reasons over inbound work. When the case type doesn't exist yet, that distinction matters.
Lynk AI vs Blue Prism: WorkHQ Orchestrates Bots Designed Before Reasoning
Lynk AI runs agent reasoning as the runtime; SS&C Blue Prism WorkHQ orchestrates digital workers, AI agents, and human tasks above the original RPA tier. Where each one wins and how to pick.
Lynk AI vs ServiceNow: The Workflow Engine Decides, Not the Agent
ServiceNow's AI Agents and Now Assist sit above its workflow engine. Lynk AI runs agent reasoning as the runtime itself. Where each wins and why bolt-on architectures pay a real tax on unstructured work.
Lynk AI vs Boomi: Agentstudio Governs Agents, Lynk Reasons Like One
Boomi Agentstudio governs AI agents from a control tower bolted onto its 2007 iPaaS engine. Lynk AI runs the agent as the platform. A side-by-side on architecture, buyer fit, and where reasoning replaces a flowchart.