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Step-by-step guides for the work buyers and engineering leaders do once and need to get right: running discovery, testing AI before launch, choosing an FDE partner, changing vendors. Each one ends in a checklist you can use.
How to judge a forward deployed engineering partner: 10 questions before you sign
Ten questions to ask a forward deployed engineering partner before you sign, with what a good answer and a red flag sound like for each.
Aby Varghese · Last reviewed 20 October 2026
How to build a forward deployed engineering team inside an AI product company
When to build an FDE team, where it should sit, who to hire, how to price the work and when to partner instead. With 2026 survey data.
Aby Varghese · Last reviewed 20 October 2026