We're not getting paid to do this.

One promise I made to myself a while ago:
I won’t get paid (or pay for) speaking events!

Why? My honest opinion?

I see a lot of talks that are not genuine...
At best by ignorance and worst for personal interest, sponsorship.

Result:
Between the conferences where people pay to speak:
Where often they don’t YET know much, but they are eager to learn by attracting clients.

And the conferences where people get paid:
There’s a business around this that feels smoke and mirrors, they don’t know much but they speak well.

I want to focus on doing and sharing real time, and not on pay-to-play speaking...
So what we do with Capto, since 5 years we do and true, I share here a lot…
I try to share knowledge, show our experience hoping some of you want to skip the hurdles and the deception and hire our team.

And this works!

We are nowadays delivering between 2 to 6 projects a month in Automation and Agentic AI a month... (proud of the team Capto!)

And this focus on building, then sharing, enables to see more clearly:
1. how Claude’s current leadership happened slowly but clearly since a while
2. how OpenClaw is/was a trend that has its flaws
3. how there is nothing you solve in 15min even with AI
4. how automation is the next trend (and what else!)

But also how to build, how it looks like and what makes a difference!

I want to thank our clients for the experience they enable us to build, the team for the high quality they stand since almost 2 years and to the new clients... you guys are about to be spoiled ;)

Have a great weekend everyone,
Alexis

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Originally posted on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/alexischevallot_one-promise-i-made-to-myself-a-while-ago-activity-7446074095525457920-DQQs