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Cover image for article: Clean trace, wrong output: the visibility gap nobody talks about
ENGINEERING
Clean trace, wrong output: the visibility gap nobody talks about

Conventional observability is very good at catching execution failure. Across exceptions, timeouts, non-2xx responses, queue backpressure, and memory pressure, most of the instrumentation stack is optimized for cases where one thing

May 5, 2026 · 4 min read
Cover image for article: Foundations of AI Observability, Part 5: Why Agentic Debugging Is the Hardest Observability Problem
ENGINEERING
Foundations of AI Observability, Part 5: Why Agentic Debugging Is the Hardest Observability Problem

Foundations 4 closed on a provocation: the signals that matter for AI systems — quality, cost, and safety — extend observability into a measurement layer that distributed tracing alone cannot cover. But it also flagged a harder problem waiting

May 1, 2026 · 8 min read
Cover image for article: Cost, Quality, and Safety: The New Signals of AI Observability
ENGINEERING
Cost, Quality, and Safety: The New Signals of AI Observability

If you’ve instrumented an LLM system recently, you’re likely already aware of how much telemetry the observability stack can offer you: latency per completion call, token throughput, retrieval latency from your vector store, and error rates across

Apr 23, 2026 · 10 min read
Cover image for article: Your AI Looks 80% Done. It’s Actually 20%. Here’s Why!
ENGINEERING
Your AI Looks 80% Done. It’s Actually 20%. Here’s Why!

Discover why your AI project may only be 20% done and the critical steps to achieve production-grade systems.

Apr 16, 2026 · 6 min read
Cover image for article: Why AI Reliability Starts Long Before a Model Ships
ENGINEERING
Why AI Reliability Starts Long Before a Model Ships

Explore how Prove AI addresses the critical need for observability and governance in generative AI.

Apr 9, 2026 · 6 min read
Cover image for article: OpenTelemetry – Comprehensive Observability from a Single Plane
ENGINEERING
OpenTelemetry – Comprehensive Observability from a Single Plane

Part 2 of this series laid out the observability stack — six interdependent layers running from infrastructure through application, where failures at the bottom tend to surface at the top in forms that obscure their origin and derail investigations.

Apr 9, 2026 · 5 min read
Cover image for article: The Anatomy of a Generative AI Observability Stack
ENGINEERING
The Anatomy of a Generative AI Observability Stack

If Part 1 made the case for AI observability, Part 2 provides a blueprint for building the foundation for end-to-end visibility across your AI ecosystem. Before you can decide what to instrument, what guardrails you need, how best to detect anomalies or

Apr 2, 2026 · 7 min read
Cover image for article: Navigating the Future of AI Gov & Fixing the Telemetry Problem in 2026
ENGINEERING
Navigating the Future of AI Gov & Fixing the Telemetry Problem in 2026

Navigating AI governance and fixing telemetry issues with Prove AI CTO Greg Whalen.

Mar 6, 2026 · 7 min read
Cover image for article: The Dashboard Is Green and Your System Is Broken
ENGINEERING
The Dashboard Is Green and Your System Is Broken

AI observability needs a new approach to detect and diagnose issues that traditional monitoring misses.

Mar 5, 2026 · 6 min read
Greg Whalen Podcast Headshot | Prove AI
SMARTECH DAILY · PLUGGED IN PODCAST
Greg Whalen on Engineering Trust Into the Future of AI

As CTO of Prove AI, Greg Whalen operates at the sharp edge of one of technology’s most urgent challenges: transforming generative AI from impressive prototype to production-grade, trusted enterprise system.

Feb 25, 2026 · 9 min read
Greg Whalen and Grit Daily News Interview Headshots | Prove AI
INTERVIEW
Enterprises Are Making One Big Mistake With Generative AI

Greg Whalen argues enterprises must prioritize observability and governance to turn generative AI prototypes into production-grade systems.

Feb 10, 2026 · 8 min read
Prove AI – Technical White Paper — an abstract hero image introducing the platform’s two-phase approach to GenAI observability, from containerized telemetry infrastructure to AI-guided agentic remediation.
ENGINEERING
Prove AI – Technical White Paper

Prove AI enhances generative AI observability with containerized deployments and AI-guided remediation.

Feb 5, 2026 · 10 min read
Newsweek AI Impact: Is AI Becoming the Starting Point for Decisions? | Prove AI
OPINION
AI Impact: Is AI Becoming the Starting Point for Decisions?

Discover how traditional observability frameworks fail in genAI telemetry and the need for tailored solutions.

Jan 30, 2026 · 5 min read
Prove AI blog header: “2026 Prediction: Why Better Telemetry Data is Key to Debugging AI” — an opinion piece arguing that complete, ordered, and immutable telemetry integrity will define the next generation of AI debugging and remediation workflows.
OPINION
2026 Prediction: Why Better Telemetry Data is Key to Debugging AI

The painful debugging cycles we see today stem not from bad models, but from incomplete, mutable, or poorly ordered system data.

Jan 28, 2026 · 5 min read
2026 and Beyond: A CTO’s View on What’s to Come
OPINION
2026 and Beyond: A CTO’s View on What’s to Come

As AI crosses from novelty to expectation, CTOs must shift focus from experimentation to building durable, scalable foundations.

Jan 8, 2026 · 6 min read
Prove AI blog header: “The Next Phase of AI Observability: From Insight to Action” — illustrating the shift from passive AI monitoring to active, automated governance and remediation.
OPINION
The Next Phase of AI Observability: From Insight to Action

AI systems need observability tools that move beyond monitoring to enable action.

Oct 23, 2025 · 3 min read
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