Resources

Insights

Why Most AI Research Misses the Businesses That Actually Make Up the UK Economy
A short, independent research piece explaining why The Curve is running The State of AI in UK Business 2026 survey, and why mid-market UK businesses are underrepresented in existing AI adoption research.
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Is This the Decline of SaaS and the Rise of Vibe-Coded Replacements?
Is SaaS dead? Not quite. But something has genuinely changed. Vibe coding has made it cheaper and faster to build software than to buy it — and some SaaS subscriptions are already starting to look like an unnecessary cost. But the decline narrative misses something important. The hard part of SaaS was never the features. It was everything wrapped around them: security, compliance, uptime and accountability. Vibe coding hasn't changed any of that. This article sets out what organisations should actually do about it — and why the smartest move isn't replacing everything, but knowing which tools are safe to build, which aren't, and what needs to be in place to make ownership work long term.
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Vibe Coding Without an In-House Technical Team: A Practical Framework for SMEs
Someone in your team has probably already built something with AI. It works. That's exactly why it's worth a closer look. Most SMEs don't have a development team or a CTO — but that hasn't stopped people from building. This article sets out a practical five-step framework for understanding what's already been built, where the risk sits, and when to bring in external expertise to close the gaps.
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20 Business Leaders Told Us the Truth About AI Across Two Honest Roundtables
Senior leaders from law, finance, retail and professional services tell us, in their own words, what AI is really doing inside their organisations, and what it takes to do it well.
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Sovereign AI: Taking Back Control of Your AI Infrastructure
Sending your data to a third-party AI provider means the risk of accepting decisions you haven't made. Sovereign AI is about taking those decisions back.
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AI Vendor Lock-In Is Not What Most Organisations Think It Is
Building on a third-party AI model isn't a platform decision, it's a commitment that most organisations won't realise that until they need to move.
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Library

Guide: The Vibe Code Trap: AI Makes Building Easy. It Doesn't Make Production Safe.
A practical guide to the five security and compliance gaps hiding inside most AI-built applications, and what a sound fix looks like before one of them becomes an incident.
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White Paper: From Vibe To Viable. Curiosity is Easy, Adoption Isn't.
A white paper with insights from senior business leaders at The Curve's recent AI roundtables on the rise of Vibe Coding in organisations and what it means for leaders.
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The AI Reality Check: Executive Summary
What AI is really doing inside organisations, from the senior leaders putting it to work . Honest lessons from two roundtables on what separates the businesses making progress from those standing still.
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Is AI the Answer? AI in Practice: What Actually Delivers Value Inside Organisations
AI delivers value when the foundations are right. This free guide gives business leaders a practical, no-jargon framework for understanding where AI can genuinely improve how their organisation operates, with real use cases, governance considerations and a clear path from curiosity to confident adoption.
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Guide: Moving Beyond AI Curiosity to Confidence and Adoption
A practical guide for leadership teams who want a clear-eyed view of what AI actually delivers, why most initiatives stall, and how to approach adoption in a way that's grounded in real business problems rather than external pressure.
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Tool: The Vibe Coding Reality Checklist
A five-minute sense-check that tells you honestly whether the AI-built tool already running in your organisation is ready for real users, real data and the scrutiny that follows when something goes wrong.
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Events

Roundtable: The AI Governance Reality Check - Manchester
12th November 2026Manchester
What AI Governance Actually Looks Like Inside Professional Service Organisations
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Roundtable - The AI Reality Check: The Commercial Reckoning
14th October 2026Leeds
How organisations are measuring AI Return On Investment
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The Vibe Coding Debate: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
30th September 2026Leeds
The Conversation the Industry Has Been Avoiding.
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Roundtable: The AI Reality Check
30th September 2026Manchester
What AI Actually Looks Like Inside Organisations
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On Demand: Stop Reporting. Start Deciding: The Power of BI
21st July 2026On Demand
Turning Data Into a Commercial Asset: Moving from Manual Reporting to Real-Time Insight
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On Demand: Connecting the Invisible Dots: Data Before AI
16th July 2026On Demand
Why Your Data Landscape Determines Whether AI Delivers Value or Quietly Stalls
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