112Course · Foundation
AI in Business — Foundations
The operating decisions.
AI as an operating decision. Buy versus build, vendor evaluation, internal policy, and the unit economics of an AI feature — with a written buy-vs-build memo as the deliverable. The full applied treatment of AI inside a company's departments lives in Program VII.
- 01
Distinguish buy vs. build.
- 02
Design an evaluation for a vendor.
- 03
Set governance for internal AI use.
- 04
Estimate the total cost of an AI feature.
Prerequisites
- — Any prior business or operations experience helpful.
Pacing
~3 hours plus the Assignment.
- IModule
The decisions
The choices operators face.
- IIModule
The economics
Honestly.
A Note from the Faculty
Most AI feature debates end when someone computes the cost per action.