Keyhole Software

Back in 2014, I wrote that Docker was the first true DevOps tool. I’m going to make a similar call about the agentic harness, which is a lot less exciting to put on a conference slide.

Everyone wants to talk about the model. It seems like ever...

In the third quarter of 2026, the Keyhole research team compiled AI efficiency statistics from more than 50 primary sources, most published between February 2025 and September 2026: the U.S. Census Bureau’s Business Trends and Outlook Survey and its 2026 AI supplement, surveys from the Federal Reserve Banks of St. Louis, Atlanta, Richmond, New York, and Dallas, McKinsey’s 202...

Industry, not geography, is what actually separates a 32% adoption rate from a 14% one. Twenty-nine of the 51 states and D.C. sit within a few points of the national average, consumers are already using AI ahead of the businesses that employ them in every single state, and the states leading the ranking today are growing just as fast as the states behind them, so the gap betw...

Between April 2026 and September 2026, our research team reviewed 39 firms that market agentic AI software development services, then scored the eight strongest against a consistent framework. The analysis draws on each firm’s service pages, published case studies, compliance disclosures, partner announcements, published pricing, and stated staffing practices, to compare ...

AI-driven software development has stopped being a differentiator and become a baseline. Nearly every consulting firm now says it uses AI in delivery. The question that matters to a CIO or engineering leader in 2026 is narrower: what does the firm actually do with AI inside the software development lifecycle, who reviews the output, what does the engagement cost, and what hap...